The promise of more money has not exactly sent school districts in Minnesota rushing to embrace Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s widely touted Q Comp performance-pay plan for teachers. After three years, in ...

Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced today that 30 more schools and districts are approved to implement the nation-leading Q Comp program. The Governor is also announcing the availability of professional ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)-- Seven school districts and 23 charter schools are joining Minnesota's alternative system for evaluating and paying teachers -- the signature education initiative under Gov. Tim ...

Although it was anchored in the minds of the public as merit pay, Q-comp funds actually have always been earmarked for five uses — performance pay and alternative compensation are just two. MinnPost’s ...

Teachers and district officials in the Minnetonka School District are struggling to come up with a way to meet state standards to qualify for Q-Comp, an alternative way of compensating teachers based ...

GRAND MEADOW — The latest batch of state math and reading scores will net Grand Meadow's teachers some of the bonus money they negotiated into their contract as part of the state's Q Comp program.

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ANOKA, Minn. (AP) -- The state's largest school district, Anoka-Hennepin, is a step closer to joining the state's alternative system for evaluating and paying teachers, called Q Comp. District ...

Teachers in Mankato Area Public Schools have rejected the district’s Q Comp application. Robin Courrier, president of the Mankato Teachers Association, said that during the two days of balloting this ...