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Assessing the Compensation of Public-School Teachers. A Report of the Heritage Center for Data Analysis
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Richwine, Jason; Biggs, Andrew G. – Heritage Foundation, 2011
This report is a comprehensive assessment of salaries, benefits, and job security for public-school teachers, intended to resolve disputes over whether teachers as a group are "overpaid" or "underpaid." The authors find that public-school teachers receive compensation about 52 percent higher than their skills would otherwise garner in the private…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Public School Teachers, Teacher Salaries, Fringe Benefits
Critical Issues in Assessing Teacher Compensation. Backgrounder. No. 2638
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Richwine, Jason; Biggs, Andrew G. – Heritage Foundation, 2012
A November 2011 Heritage Foundation report--"Assessing the Compensation of Public-School Teachers"--presented data on teacher salaries and benefits in order to inform debates about teacher compensation reform. The report concluded that public-school teacher compensation is far ahead of what comparable private-sector workers enjoy, and that…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Compensation (Remuneration), Teacher Effectiveness, Retirement Benefits