The need for teacher pension reform. The debt incurred through teacher pension systems has reached $325 billion, hurting the financial health of states and putting teachers’ futures at risk, as detailed in a new report. Education Sector analysts have long worked on ways to improve pension systems, including this Legal Guide to State Pension Reform. (National Council on Teacher Quality)
It’s that time of year. A list of the “hits and misses” in education coverage in 2012: Charter schools top the “hits” and teacher pensions lead the “misses.”
Funding higher ed based on outcomes. Georgia’s public institutions will now receive state money based on graduation rates, not enrollment. (Get Schooled/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
What happens when you take the L out of “public” education? This error was published not once, but twice, in a newspaper advertisement for a state charter school conference. (KING 5 News)
Chad Aldeman 
Kristen Amundson 
John E. Chubb 
Constance Clark 
Peter Cookson Jr. 
Thomas Dawson 
Joni Finney 
Andrew Gillen 
Sara Mead 
Sarah Rosenberg 
Jeff Selingo 
Ben Wildavsky 
Mandy Zatynski 
4/5/2013 | Jordan Weissman discusses Andrew Gillen’s Higher Ed Data Central and the increase in college tuition in 
3/28/2013 | Chad Aldeman’s Chart You Can Trust “The Evergreen Effect” is discussed in 
3/21/2013 | Andrew Gillen discusses net tuition and MOOCs with Kevin O’Neill on