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Rigor and results are broccoli: Ed reform has gone soft, sweet
Accountability and rigor are out for politicians and education reformers.
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 29, 20242 min read
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Harris thrills teachers' union, sticks to progressive orthodoxy
"God knows, we don't pay you enough," Kamala Harris told teachers at the American Federation of Teachers convention in Houston. That went...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 26, 20242 min read
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Arkansas raised teacher pay, but some are unhappy
Arkansas raised teacher pay statewide -- a lot -- but some teachers aren't happy, writes Ariel Gilreath on the Hechinger Report. "Because...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 24, 20241 min read
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'Teachers don't want combat pay,' they want an end to combat
Raising teacher pay won't raise student achievement or keep teachers from quitting if working conditions are bad.
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 24, 20242 min read
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Education degrees don't pay: What can we do about it?
"Majoring in education has a near ZERO return on investment for lifetime earnings," notes Matthew Kraft, citing a new report that...
Joanne Jacobs
May 15, 20242 min read
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Is there a good-teacher gap? Maybe not
Measuring teacher quality is tricky, and that makes it hard to tell if there's a good-teacher gap, writes Fordham's Michael Petrilli in...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 27, 20242 min read
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Teachers aren't unhappy or underpaid
Most teachers like teaching, enjoy the flexible work schedule, live comfortably and are no more likely to quit their profession than...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 26, 20241 min read
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Quitters rarely prosper: Most ex-teachers earn less
Most teachers who leave their jobs don't earn more eight years later, reports Sarah D. Sparks in Education Week. Most who left a large...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 14, 20241 min read
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School funding is up a lot, but teacher pay is not
Public school spending rose by 25 percent per student in inflation-adjusted dollars from 2002 to 2020, reports the Reason Foundation....
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 14, 20241 min read
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If we want to pay (some) teachers more ...
The teacher pay debate tends to be simplistic and unserious, writes Andrew Rotherham on Eduwonk. He calls out a tweet by Education...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 19, 20232 min read
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Houston school plan: No disruptive kids in class -- and no librarians
Teachers will earn more and have "apprentices" and aides to handle mundane chores. They'll use scripted curricula instead of spending...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 31, 20232 min read
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California teachers seek 50% pay raise
Raising teacher and staff pay by 50 percent over seven years is "a big and bold idea," says the president of the California Federation of...
Joanne Jacobs
May 1, 20231 min read
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'Poor, pitiful me' message discourages would-be teachers
The "underpaid-teacher meme" is discouraging college students interested in teaching from pursuing the career, according to new studies...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 24, 20232 min read
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Teacher pay: U.S. chose quantity over quality
U.S. teachers would earn a lot more if schools had invested in quality rather than quantity, argues Fordham's Chester E. Finn Jr. In his...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 3, 20231 min read
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'American Teacher Act' would set $60K base pay for teachers
Teacher pay should start at a minimum of $60,000 a year, said advocates of the American Teacher Act at the U.S. Capitol last week,...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 1, 20232 min read
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How to get more new teachers
Fewer people are training to be teachers, writes Chad Aldeman, policy director of Georgetown's Edunomics Lab, in Education Next. "There...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 6, 20221 min read
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