Teacher Pensions: The Stupid Keeps On Comin'
Make it stop! MAKE IT STOP!!! As the Philadelphia School District scrambles to come up with enough cash to open for students in September, a new report suggests the city’s school funding crisis is on par with municipal issues in Detroit, Chicago and elsewhere. At the heart of it all: pensions. Payments to retired teachers and public employees are a growing threat to government budgets everywhere, and it is no different in Philadelphia. A new report from the Thomas Fordham Institute, a conservative education nonprofit, estimates the district’s total retirement costs will balloon from $73
8-19-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: NJ Teacher Evaluations: Countdown to "Operation Hindenburg"We are at around t-minus two to three weeks, depending on your district, until the launch of New Jersey's new teacher evaluation system, code name: "Operation Hindenburg." Unfortunately, just like the fabled zeppelin, this entire thing could be avoided if the people in charge would just stop and think for a minute: Superint