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Educating the public - Teachers and accountability

It is clear that the compensation system for public school teachers is broken. What is less obvious is the appropriateness of teacher union power in general.

…But the law of averages does not appear to benefit teachers in tough circumstances or those with critical skills. In most cases, pay is tied to seniority rather than merit or circumstance.
It is clear that the compensation system for public school teachers is broken. What is less obvious is the appropriateness of teacher union power in general.
On the one hand, one might consider teachers such an important class of public servant that they are entitled to relatively high average pay and job protection. The possibility of retaining a few bad apples is an acceptable cost for ensuring that the profession thrives. Moreover, it might be possible to resolve some of the more egregious problems associated with teacher unionism through contract reforms, without disbanding or marginalizing the unions altogether.
On the other hand,…

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21ST CENTURY HIGHER EDUCATION Heading in the Wrong Directio

Universities are becoming more dependent on corporate funding while students and parents are forced to pay higher tuitions. More money is being spent on administration and less on actual instruction.

…in this case relating to education.Shifting Finances, Academic Workers, and Access to Higher EducationThe enduring economic crisis has begun to open up debate on the direction of modern higher education. For example, The Delta Project supported by the Lumina Foundation for Education has recently issued a report, Trends in College Spending: 1998-2008: Where does the money come from? Where does it go? What does it buy? that deserves study and reflection. Inside Higher Education (July 9, 2010) summarized some of the project’s major findings:Between 1998 and 2008 public research universities (such as Big Ten institutions) increased rates of expenditure on top administrators, lawyers, and accountants twice that of spending on faculty and instructional materials.Students at what the Project calls, Public Research Universities are now subsidized over three times as much per student as those attending community colleges.Resources channeled to instructional purposes have modestly declined while slight increases in…

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