Published Articles & Media
With Federal Relief Dollars on the Way, Districts Face Big Decisions
Reduce class sizes, lengthen the school year, provide tutoring—or let principals decide?
How to Fix Teacher Pensions
It is possible to re-design defined benefit pension plans so that they offer adequate retirement benefits to more teachers.
Teacher Salaries, Benefits, and Incentives All Leading to Strike Talk in Denver
Debate is focused on a pay-for-performance program but benefit costs loom in the background.
Why Los Angeles Teachers May Strike
From 2001 to 2016, the Los Angeles Unified School District increased overall spending by 55.5 percent, but employee benefit costs soared 138 percent.
What Happened to Wisconsin’s Teacher Workforce After Act 10? Not Much
Many predicted that the restrictions Act 10 placed on collective bargaining would devastate the teacher workforce in Wisconsin, but the more drastic predictions have not transpired.
Health Care for Life
Will teachers' post-retirement benefits break the bank?
Are Teacher Preparation Programs Interchangeable Widgets? An Interview With Paul T. von Hippel
States have imposed a variety of rules on teacher candidates and the programs that seek to license them, with the goal of ensuring that all new teachers are ready to succeed on their first day in the classroom. New research challenges the very assumptions underlying these efforts.
Teachers Have the Nation’s Highest Retirement Costs. But They’ll Never See the Benefits
Teachers can’t buy food, afford child care, or pay their mortgages with the promise of future benefits — especially ones that never come.
Democrats Are In Denial About Teacher Pensions
Earlier this month the Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee issued a report called “Retirement Security in Peril.” While they get some facts right, they also miss the forest for the trees.
