11.   The NEA is considering advising its membership to accept plans that reward top-notch teachers who take on tougher challenges, teach more creatively or serve as mentors.

12.   The move comes at a time of growing interest nationwide in finding new ways to reward teachers.

13.   The money could also be used to reward good teachers with merit pay.

14.   Theirs is a back-to-basics philosophy that emphasizes time on task and testing, rewarding teachers based on results.

15.   The Denver and Colonial School District programs, in contrast, would reward teachers for how well the children do in their individual classrooms.

16.   The bonus plan is one sticking point with teachers, who say the plan fails to reward excellent teachers who happen to work in schools that perform poorly.

17.   The Denver program, in contrast, would reward teachers for how well the children do in their individual classrooms.

18.   The Denver program, in contrast, would reward teachers for how well the children in their individual classrooms do.

19.   The union contended that the criteria for the merit pay system were unclear and could allow administrators to reward undeserving teachers.