EDUCATION:: Public school teachers make more than private sector workers – WashEx
By MB Snow at October 31, 2011 | 8:59 pm | Print
We can already hear the anguished, angry protests of the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers. But our headline captures the essence of an important new study being released today by Jason Richwine of the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis and American Enterprise Institute’s Andrew Biggs. Richwine and Biggs found that when public school teachers and private sector workers are compared objectively on the basis of cognitive skills — rather than years of service or educational attainment — the educators enjoy higher compensation — contrary to the claims of union officials in public debate and in negotiations with school boards.