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Republican State Represenataive Dennis Baxley weighs in on teacher merit pay bill

Some Florida lawmakers say, the teacher merit pay bill will improve Florida’s education system. The best of the best will be rewarded based on students’ success. Another change will include year-to-year contracts for teachers. WUFT-FM’s Lauren Buchwald spoke with Republican State Representative from Ocala Dennis Baxley about what he says are postive effects of the teacher merit pay bill.

http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/BaxleyQA.mp3

Lauren is a reporter who can be contacted by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.