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In the News: Newton Teachers Union ‘Having Conversations’ About Striking Amid Contract Negotiations
In the Spring 2019 issue of Education Next, Martin West wrote that strikes in Oakland, Los Angeles, and Denver "may presage a new era of conflict."
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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.
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Los Angeles Teachers Strike a Deal, But Miss an Opportunity
Every California teacher could see an immediate pay boost of $10,250 per year, if not for the state's massive pension debt. Yet the Los Angeles teacher strike deal kicks the can on that crucial issue.
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In the News: LA Teachers Strike Drags Into Third Day With No End In Sight
As the teachers strike in Los Angeles drags on, there has been no shortage of media coverage. How fair has it been?
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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.
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In the News: Context on LAUSD’s Potential Teacher Strike
As teachers in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) prepare to go out on strike this Thursday, Chad Aldelman calls attention to the district's big increase in spending on employee benefits. He notes that one reason benefit costs are so high in LAUSD is that the district has offered generous health care benefits to retired teachers.
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Sketching a Workable Way Forward on Teacher Pay
There's a win-win solution to teacher compensation. But it requires a willingness to rethink how teachers are paid and how school dollars are spent.
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Straight Up Conversation: Nat Malkus on What’s Next for Teachers’ Unions After Janus
Nat Malkus is a resident scholar in education policy at AEI.
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In the News: Is This Supreme Court Decision The End Of Teachers Unions?
NPR's Anya Kamenetz and Cory Turner consider what the Janus ruling will mean for teachers uions in an article that draws on research by Bradley D. Marianno and Katharine O. Strunk that was published recently in Education Next.
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EdStat: 54% of Public School Teachers are Opposed to Agency Fees
Only 25% of the public favor collecting union dues from non-members.