Response to Jeffrey Keefe’s review of “Assessing the Compensation of Public School Teachers.”

In recent decades, education experts have avoided asking if teachers are paid too little or too much. To even question the assumption that teachers are woefully underpaid is to risk being labeled "anti-teacher" and "anti-education." Treading where few dare, AEI will host a discussion with two authors of...

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.

The authors of the November 2011 Heritage Foundation report “Assessing the Compensation of Public-School Teachers” respond to questions and concerns, in the process showing that certain critical accusations—such as undercounting teachers’ work hours or overestimating retirement benefits—are simply false.

The training and licensing of teachers has always been a contentious political and policy issue. Recent years have seen increasingly heated debate about the value of teacher licensure and certification and whether certification ensures a highly qualified teacher corps. Please join AEI for an October 23-24 conference that will...

In this era of constrained resources, how can schools cut costs, eliminate inefficient spending, and fuel school improvement?

An interview with Frederick M. Hess and Juliet P. Squire on teacher retirement plans.

The impact of teacher labor agreements on school and district leadership is less straightforward than many previous accounts suggest.