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EdStat: 93 Percent of Charters Opting Out of State Pension Plans Offer an Alternative
When charter schools opt out of state retirement plans, they usually offer their teachers an alternative.
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EdStat: States’ Teacher Pension Plans Are Now Underfunded by $500 Billion
States’ teacher pension plans have been managed so poorly that they’re now underfunded by $500 billion.
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EdStat: 19 States Permit Charter Schools to Opt Out of State Retirement Plans
In 19 states, charter schools can offer their teachers an alternative to state retirement plans.
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EdStat: $1,220 per Pupil Was Spent by School Districts on Teachers’ Pension Benefits in 2017
Pension costs, excluding Social Security and retiree health insurance, have grown from $520 per student in 2004 to $1,220 today.
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The Education Exchange: Public Opinion on Teacher Quality
The 2017 Education Next poll asked the public, parents, and teachers what share of teachers at your local public school are excellent, good, satisfactory and unsatisfactory.
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The Tangled World of Teacher Debt
Clashing rules and uncertain benefits for federal student-loan subsidies
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Competency-Based Learning for Teachers
Can micro-credentials reboot professional development?
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What We’re Watching: Busting the School Bureaucracy
Rick Hess and a panel of expert teachers talk about how teachers can bust out of the “cage” of misguided policies, inattentive administrators, and inadequate funding.
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In Schools, Teacher Quality Matters Most
Today’s research reinforces Coleman’s findings
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A Half Century of Student Progress Nationwide
First comprehensive analysis finds broad gains in test scores, with larger gains for students of color than white students
Take Away Their Cellphones
… So we can rewire schools for belonging and achievement
Figuring Out When to Panic About “Teacher Shortages”
How journalism could clarify stories about teacher hiring problems
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Proficiency rates are terrible measures of school effectiveness.
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State teacher-license prep materials peddle a debunked theory
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A Half Century of Student Progress Nationwide
First comprehensive analysis finds broad gains in test scores, with larger gains for students of color than white students
Take Away Their Cellphones
… So we can rewire schools for belonging and achievement
Figuring Out When to Panic About “Teacher Shortages”
How journalism could clarify stories about teacher hiring problems
The Problem with Proficiency
Proficiency rates are terrible measures of school effectiveness.
The Stubborn Myth of “Learning Styles”
State teacher-license prep materials peddle a debunked theory
