Although touted to include additional funding for pubic education, the Governor’s budget puts its major emphasis on funding VRS and does not bode well for K-12 – since the major “education” funding focus is on shoring up the retirement system after years of raiding by the General Assembly. Of the $438 M in the Governor’s …
Tag: Education Salaries
Dec 08
A Fact Is a Fact – Unless It’s Based on Faulty Research
Although few would argue that teachers are overcompensated for the important work they perform, a recent report by the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute, two conservative enterprises, claims that teachers – educators – are “overpaid,” and “exhibit low cognitive abilities compared to other college graduates,” and that, “once you take this into account …