The teacher pay penalty is the gap between the weekly wages of teachers and the wages of other college graduates. According to a new report from senior economist Sylvia Allegretto at the Center for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kyle Smitley writes about the intersection of schools and money. Katie Pausen (Detroit) unlocks a higher level of learning about ...

North Carolina's ranking for average public school teacher salary dropped five places — from 38th to 43rd in the nation — in the latest annual report from the National Education Association. The ...

The "summers off" argument for teachers' lower pay is inadequate, as evidenced by the ongoing teacher shortage. While summers off may have once compensated for lower pay, the current pay gap for ...

Gregory-Portland ISD approved a teacher pay raise plan, making its starting salary $63,000, higher than nearby districts. The raises are partially funded by House Bill 2, which mandates increases for ...