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Controversial DC Education Reform Has Raised Teacher Salaries Substantially

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By max cyril

Via Dana Goldstein, a Democrats For Education Reform analysis (PDF) of the controversial IMPACT evaluation system in DC raises a couple of interesting issues about the real Michelle Rhee legacy. For starters, as you can see the way the evaluation system (which combines in-person evaluations with test scores) works the number of people who get …

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Chicago Teachers Vow Renewed Activism Over Revoked Raises

Leave a Comment / Teachers / By max cyril

Chicago teachers will earn a total of about $100 million less than expected in the next academic year, as last week the new Board of Education under new Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel voted to deny 4 percent raises scheduled for each year of their five-year contract. Some teachers have called the move a violation of the …

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Teachers Under Fire: At least Nine States Propose Stripping Teachers of Collective Bargaining Rights

Leave a Comment / unions, worker's rights / By max cyril

Lawmakers in several states have launched a broadside against public employees, aiming to cut their pay, slash their benefits, and strip them of their collective bargaining rights. Pivoting off the myth that public employees are getting paid more than their private sector counterparts, governors and state legislatures are scapegoating public workers for their states’ respective …

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More Salvos in the False “Class War” on Public Pensions

Leave a Comment / pensions, Public Workers / By max cyril

Repeat something often enough and it becomes, if not true, at least a solid bit of conventional wisdom. Consider Ron Lieber’s column in Saturday’s New York Times, which neatly recycles an editorial the Wall Street Journal ran back in March. The issue: the pensions that guarantee public employees a middle-class standard of living in retirement …

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The ‘Blame the Teacher’ Movement, and the Public-Sector Union Crisis

Leave a Comment / Teachers / By max cyril

Will government workers join the race to the bottom? I was stopped dead in my tracks and felt a cold chill run down my spine while reading the current issue of The Atlantic. Its cover story is “The 14 3/4 Most Powerful Ideas of the Year,” which is a Top 10 list that makes fun …

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Central Falls Superintendent Agrees to Resume Talks with Teachers

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The school superintendent who last week fired all teachers at Central Falls (R.I.) High School has agreed to resume bargaining and include the union in all discussions on a comprehensive education plan that will help students and teachers succeed. The move followed a nationwide public outcry, with thousands signing an online petition to tell school …

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To Hell With Pensions: Let Them Eat Dog Food

Leave a Comment / pensions / By max cyril

The other day, I saw an amazing spectacle: a firefighter responded to a call to a burning building in New York City and, as he was dragging the fire hose to the fire, a crowd of angry people stopped him and said, “Stop. Your pension is too generous so don’t you dare put that fire …

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Controversial DC Education Reform Has Raised Teacher Salaries Substantially

Chicago Teachers Vow Renewed Activism Over Revoked Raises

Teachers Under Fire: At least Nine States Propose Stripping Teachers of Collective Bargaining Rights

More Salvos in the False “Class War” on Public Pensions

The ‘Blame the Teacher’ Movement, and the Public-Sector Union Crisis

Central Falls Superintendent Agrees to Resume Talks with Teachers

To Hell With Pensions: Let Them Eat Dog Food

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