Sponsored by AEI's Program on American Citizenship, Frederick M. Hess, AEI's director of education policy studies; Meira Levinson, associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education; and David E. Campbell, associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, have commissioned leading researchers and scholars to explore the issues of citizenship and schooling by looking at domestic and international data, teacher training, and schools and classrooms.

Shifting government workers to 401(k)-style plans would offer greater transparency and keep benefits in line with the private economy.

It is a view as ubiquitous as it is simplistic: To improve public education, pay teachers more—a lot more. Union officials, education reformers, scholars, laypeople, and politicians of all stripes endorse this principle in one form or another.

Public school teacher salaries are fair and their fringe benefits far outclass private saector jobs. In total, public school teachers are overpaid by more than 50 percent which costs governments over $100 billion annually.

Last week, Manhattan's appellate court gave the New York City Department of Education the go-ahead to release the names and "value-added score" rankings of thousands of the city's teachers. These scores are designed to quantify the direct impact of teachers on student performance.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, will join Eric A. Hanushek and Alfred A. Lindseth to debate school funding litigation.

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Researchers have long found that teachers with experience are more effective at raising student achievement than new teachers. Yet, high rates of teacher turnover, particularly among those in poorly performing schools, have obstructed this in practice. While pecuniary...

America's public schools were once thought to provide the cornerstone for an informed citizenry, but we are playing fast and loose with our future if we continue to downplay or simply ignore the role civic education plays in making citizens of us all.