Daugaard pushing Obama's education plan that includes merit pay for teachers

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Merit pay for teachers, an idea kicked around for decades, is suddenly gaining traction. The concept is picking up steam from a growing cadre of politicians who think one way to improve the country’s troubled schools is to give fat bonuses to good teachers.

The Obama administration has encouraged states to embrace merit pay, highlighting it as one step states could take to compete for more than $4 billion in federal funds through the Race to the Top program.