<p>My $0.02:
This system does something that our system doesn’t do effectively, it creates competition between individual teachers to outperform. In the status qou teacher’s are compared on test scores but not much else is used as a basis of comparison. This is inherently flawed for many reasons, many of which people have read already. In SK’s system the emphasis is placed on a myriad of factors such as parent reviews and the quality of teaching. This is similar to how one buys the best laptop, the best landscaping service, and pretty much everything else in our free-market economy. Clearly this system has the potential to motivate many teachers to rise to the top, and creates a higher demand and more recognition for skilled teachers.
Conversely, there is the issue of viability. For this system to work you need a population of highly motivated students, as well as parents. In our society where many students don’t care about school, where many parents ignore their children’s academic success or failure, it would be difficult to implement a system of online teaching that would work suitably. While the members of CC are clearly active and engaged, most students are not, and this would not change that underlying problem with our system.</p>