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Changing Teacher Pension Plans Is a Challenge, Especially if You Want High-Quality Teachers

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 admin benefits, education, retirement, teachers

Nationally, employer costs for public teacher pensions have increased from $530, or 4.8 percent of per-pupil operating expenditures in 2004,

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Program to increase teacher pay increased teacher experience.
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Do Higher Salaries Yield Better Teachers and Better Student Outcomes?

October 31, 2019 admin children, education, pay, teachers

More experienced and better qualified teachers are less likely to teach in schools that serve children from relatively poor families.

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graph of 4th grade reading scores in public vs. private schools 2 years before through two years after an election, showing elections are followed by drop in scores
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Political Mismanagement of Indian Primary Schools Yields Worse Test Scores

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 admin children, education, elections, teachers

Teachers and their working patterns are known to be important determinants of learning outcomes of pupils, as well as key

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Female Middle School Math Teachers Mean Better Grades for Girls Now, More STEM Participation Later

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 admin cognitive abilities, education, gender, STEM, teachers

Studies have found that female students perform better when taught by female teachers. But, there is little evidence on whether

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Are Professors Worth It? Who Should Teach College Students in Their Small Group Classes?

June 5, 2019June 6, 2019 admin academia, college, education, teachers

Many universities offer tutorials, also called teaching-assistant sessions, discussion sections, or lab sessions, depending on where you live. These small

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Poorly Rated NYC Schools Attract Better Teachers

November 14, 2018November 21, 2018 admin education, school accountability, teachers

The idea of holding schools accountable for students’ performance has stood at the center of school-reform efforts in the United

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wages of teachers vs. other grads
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Smart Teachers, Smart Kids—An International Study of Who Teaches the Best-Testing Kids

October 30, 2018October 29, 2018 admin cognitive abilities, education, teachers, testing

While it’s now generally accepted that teacher quality is the most important element of a good school, research has failed

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teacher with chart of teacher effects
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Teacher Effects beyond the Test

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 admin children, education, teachers, testing

Though many studies have shown that teachers have large effects on student achievement, we know little about the degree to

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teacher subject knowledge and student performance
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You Can’t Teach What You Don’t Know: Teachers’ Lack of Knowledge Hampers Student Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa

November 7, 2017November 7, 2017 admin children, development, education, teachers

Most children in Sub-Saharan Africa are enrolled in school these days, but for reasons not well understood, they learn very

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