@CBarnard33

Senior Fellow @TheFGA

 Raleigh, NC
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Spending more money on education is surprisingly ineffective at boosting teacher salaries. Inflation-adjusted K-12 funding is up 25% from 2002-2020. Average teacher salaries are down 0.6%. educationnext.org/states-are… A thread on my latest column for @EducationNext (1/6)

States are Bad at Giving Teachers Raises

Only pennies of new public-school dollars make it to teacher salaries

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Preston Cooper@PrestonCooper93Jul 20
Education degrees almost universally pass this test. Teachers might not make a ton, but they tend to earn more than high school graduates. educationnext.org/new-caps-o…
Matthew Chapman
@fawfulfanJul 20
This seems like a really straightforward and sensible idea, until you realize one of the consequences will be no one studying to be a teacher will be eligible for a federal student loan anymore.
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This is amazing. Tens of thousands of low-income and disabled students are first in line to get TEFA scholarships (as they should be). Demand is real. It’s not just from advantaged families already in private school. Lives are going to be changed because of this opportunity.
Nathaniel D. Cunneen
@nathancunneenApr 22
🚨School choice opponents are crying today! OFFICIAL demographic information for the students who have received TEFAs (so far) is out. - Majority low-income students - Majority special needs students - Majority SWITCHERS from public schools The fearmongers' myths are BUSTED!
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I agree with this, and the evidence from LEARNS in Arkansas so far supports it. But pension boosts are basically required in the current system, because teacher pension plans are underfunded in the first place. That’s what’s been gobbling up teacher salary increases.
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If you’re cool grocery shopping at Dollar General and being on your own in the event of an emergency this is still plenty affordable
Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼
@NoahpinionApr 20
When was this affordable
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Robert Pondiscio
@rpondiscioApr 20
Holy false dichotomy, Batman!
Miles Commodore
@miles_commodoreApr 20
Every public high school in America should be teaching how credit cards work, how to get a mortgage, and what mutual funds are and how they function. 16th century English literature is great, but how about equipping our children with what they need in the REAL world.
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It’s clear that states are going to have to play a much larger & heavy-handed role in school consolidation over the next decade. It’ll be painful, but individual districts aren’t able to handle school closures at this scale.
Marc Porter Magee 🎓
@marcportermageeApr 18
I don’t think people have fully absorbed just how big the declines in student enrollment are going to be. Eight states are projected to experience DOUBLE DIGIT declines by 2031.
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Gracious.. Balfour Beatty contributes $15k to a TX school district bond campaign.. gets $151.2 MILLION in payments for capital projects when the bond passes. Money well spent 😳
Matthew Ladner
@matthewladnerApr 15
This is your occasional reminder that district bonds are crony-capitalism, read the details here:
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Preston Cooper@PrestonCooper93Apr 15
We are never going to have effective cost control in higher education if the government doesn’t start saying to colleges: “No. This is too expensive. We’re not going to pay for it.”
Marc Porter Magee 🎓
@marcportermageeApr 15
Replying to @marcportermagee
@PrestonCooper93 argues this change could help tame grad school inflation
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Federal student loan expansion was intended to increase access. It sure did! It increased access to insane amounts of taxpayer-backed debt for questionable degrees that students can’t/don’t repay.
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Many low-ROI degree programs are a product of colleges offering majors that they have no business offering. It might not even reflect program quality. It could be that the institution isn’t selective enough in what students they accept into certain programs.
Preston Cooper@PrestonCooper93Apr 9
Replying to @PrestonCooper93 @ManhattanInst @FREOPP
I then explore strategies to improve ROI. First, try to improve students' earnings. ➡️Expand high-value majors ➡️Require low-performing majors to create improvement plans ➡️Invest in career services, including internships ➡️Close the weakest programs
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Preston Cooper@PrestonCooper93Apr 9
Excited to share my latest report for @ManhattanInst. Why college trustees should care about the ROI their institution offers students--and what they can do about it.
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Great arguments for universal school choice.. oh .. wait
Adam Johnson@adamjohnsonCHIApr 7
god I hate this faux populist bullshit. K-12 is also free for rich people, as are public parks, the fire dept, libraries etc. Study after study shows means testing is the quickest way to gut programs for the rich AND the poor because it erodes the public base of support.
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Terrible idea to pause student loans long after pandemic job loss subsided. 3 YEARS.
Marc Porter Magee 🎓
@marcportermageeApr 4
“Ms. Tully was on an income-based repayment plan, which allows many borrowers to have their remaining debt forgiven after 20 years … She was paying $60 per month when she defaulted. This amount, to many, may seem manageable. But for her, it remained psychologically burdensome”
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It’s remarkable how common this is at major universities—large shares of programs with little/no enrollment. 84 Syracuse academic programs served a combined total of *258 students*
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Kids already in private schools are always going to be more likely to *apply* for a new ESA program. But the policy design in TX ensures those who are less able to afford private education on their own are first in line to *receive* an ESA, since funds are limited.
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Preston Cooper@PrestonCooper93Apr 2
My latest for @AEI: two great new reports from @PeerResearch on grad school outcomes. One calculates that the financial returns to many popular grad degrees are low or negative. Another shows grad school completion rates are lower than often assumed. aei.org/education/graduate-s…
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Luther R. Abel
@lutherabel1Apr 1
Cool. Don't make it the taxpayers' concern.
Nathan J Robinson@NathanJRobinsonMar 31
imagine studying something because you find it interesting rather than because of the "return"
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Lots of the low-ROI grad degree programs are cash cows for universities that provide little to no earnings benefits.
Preston Cooper@PrestonCooper93Mar 31
Replying to @PrestonCooper93
Ironic this came out on the same day as new research showing a lot of popular debt-financed graduate programs are actually terrible deals. washingtonpost.com/education…

Some of the most popular graduate degrees don’t pay off financially, study finds

The report found advanced degrees in social work and psychology may have a zero to negative return, while medicine, law and pharmacy degrees show the highest return.

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Ty Masterson
@TyMastersonKSMar 16
Every one of our neighboring states have opted-in to President Trump’s school-choice program. Laura Kelly and the Democrat’s have stood in the way of this funding being delivered to our students, but today, the Kansas Senate took real action to deliver this life-changing funding that will give low-income families the same freedom to choose the best educational paths for their children as higher income families. When I’m governor, we will not have to overcome these types of obstacles.
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Replying to @CraigHarrisNews @ClarkRimsza @12News
You claimed that ADE's study didn't use a random sample. The latest report of all transactions shows Marketplace accounted for 12.9% of all spending The study sample had Marketplace at 13.2% If the sample wasn't random the numbers would be way different.
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