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 \u2013 educators – are \u201coverpaid,\u201d and \u201cexhibit low cognitive abilities compared to other college graduates,\u201d and that, \u201conce you take this into account teachers suffer no wage penalty.\u201d Many have found fault with this report and question the tool used to make such an amazing assertion (the tool was the Armed Forces Qualification Test). According to the Economic Policy Center, \u201cThis exercise by Richwine and Biggs (of Heritage and AEI) is nothing more than generating a result you wish to find even though you violate basic economic thinking and avoid the empirical testing.\u201d In this tight budget era and climate of skepticism, educators throughout the state and the country will likely be called upon to justify their compensation and could be asked about a number of claims contained in the Heritage and AEI report. Go to http:\/\/www.epi.org\/blog\/garbage-garbage-heritage-aei\/ and read EPC\u2019s evaluation of the Heritage report and be prepared to go \u201ctoe to toe\u201d with those who are willing to believe the questionable \u201cresearch\u201d and basis for such outrageous claims. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 \u2013 educators – are \u201coverpaid,\u201d and \u201cexhibit low cognitive abilities compared to other college graduates,\u201d and that, \u201conce you take this into account … <\/p>\n