Report: Teacher Pay Raises Slowed During Recession
While teacher salaries continued to increase on average during the economic downturn, they did so at a much slower pace, according to a new study from NCTQ. Read Full Post >
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April 18, 2013
Researcher: Math and Science Teachers Should Get Higher Pay
New research from the Brookings Institution provides empirical backing for the widely held notion that that math and science teachers can generally find higher paying jobs outside of education. Read Full Post >
April 12, 2013
Hybrid Teaching Jobs Attract Applicants
The group Public Impact is helping bring alternative staffing models to life in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools. Read Full Post >
January 31, 2013
Personal Teacher Salary Data Goes Online
The salary of every public school employee in Ohio is now searchable to the public via an online database, reports the Dayton Daily News. Read Full Post >
July 03, 2012
For Teachers, Why Does 'Moving Up' Mean 'Moving Out'?
Ariel Sacks recalls an interesting exchange from the day she went down to the district office to submit her materials for her very first teaching job: The middle-aged woman who processed my paperwork was friendly in that way only New Yorkers can be, and chatted me up a bit. When she gave me the th... Read Full Post >
June 28, 2012
Report: Make Improving Teacher Working Conditions a Priority
To boost teacher retention and student achievement at high-poverty schools, states and districts must first look to improve working conditions for teachers, concludes a new report by The Education Trust, a Washington-based nonprofit group. The report profiles five school districts that have focused ... Read Full Post >
May 25, 2012
Teachers' Incredibly Shrinking Summer Break
Memorial Day Weekend Special: A Washington Post article reports on the apparent gradual erosion of the teaching profession's most envied perk—the summer break. With the nation's economy still staggering and promised salary increases on hold, the article says, many teachers opt to take seasonal ... Read Full Post >
April 23, 2012
California Teacher Named 2012 National Teacher of the Year
Rebecca Mieliwocki, a 7th grade English teacher in California, was named the 62nd National Teacher of the Year this morning. According to a press release from the Council of Chief State School Officers, which sponsors the annual award, Mieliwocki is a 14-year veteran teacher has been in her curre... Read Full Post >
April 06, 2012
Chicago Teachers Union Threatens to Strike
Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis said union members are showing "overwhelming" support for a strike, according to the Chicago Tribune. CTU and the Chicago Public Schools have been in contract negotiations for four months and are still far from coming to an agreement. The parties have b... Read Full Post >
February 23, 2012
Shades of (Daniel) Pink: The Merit Pay Debate
In case you missed it, last week's Washington Post article on merit pay does a nice job of summing up the major rift between proponents and skeptics of a school reform effort that, according to the Post reporter, is "suddenly gaining traction." Daniel Pink, author of the popular book about motivat... Read Full Post >
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