Education Next

EdFacts

Surveys of Public Opinion

• What Americans Think about Their Schools: The 2007 Education Next—PEPG Survey (Fall 2007)
• Is the Price Right? Probing American’s knowledge of school spending (Summer 2008)
• The 2008 Education Next-PEPG Survey of Public Opinion: Americans think less of their schools than of their police departments and post offices (Fall 2008)
• Educating the Public: How information affects Americans’ support for school spending and charter schools (Summer 2009)
• The Persuadable Public: The 2009 Education Next-PEPG Survey asks if information changes minds about school reform (Fall 2009)
• Meeting of the Minds: The 2010 EdNext-PEPG Survey shows that, on many education reform issues, Democrats and Republicans hardly disagree (Winter 2011)
• The Public Weighs In on School Reform: Intense controversies do not alter public thinking, but teachers differ more sharply than ever (Fall 2011)
• Complete Polling Results (all years) [PDF]
  • Complete Polling Results (2007) [PDF]
    Complete Polling Results (2008) [PDF]
    Complete Polling Results (2009) [PDF]
    Complete Polling Results (2010) [PDF]
    Complete Polling Results (2011) [PDF]

State Standards

• Johnny Can Read…in Some States: Assessing the rigor of state assessment systems (Summer 2005)
• Keeping an Eye on State Standards: A race to the bottom? (Summer 2006)
• Few States Set World-Class Standards: In fact, most render the notion of proficiency meaningless (Summer 2008)
• State Standards Rise in Reading, Fall in Math: Most state standards remain far below international level, with Tennessee, a Race to the Top Winner, at the very bottom (Fall 2010)
• Complete Data (all years)

Teacher Union Spending

• The Long Reach of Teachers Unions: Using money to win friends and influence policy (Fall 2010)
• How Much Teacher Unions Spend in Your State (01/19/2010)
• Map showing campaign contributions of the NEA and AFT: Amount spent per teacher in recipient state (2008-2009)
• Table showing campaign contributions of the NEA and AFT: Amount spent per teacher in recipient state (2008-2009)

School Spending

• Is the Price Right? Probing American’s knowledge of school spending (Summer 2008)
• The Phony Funding Crisis: Even in the worst of times, schools have money to spend (Winter 2010)

Teacher Compensation

• Peaks, Cliffs, and Valleys: The peculiar incentives of teacher pensions (Winter 2008)
• Teacher Retirement Benefits: Even in economically tough times, costs are higher than ever (Spring 2009)
• Golden Handcuffs: Teachers who change jobs or move pay a high price (Winter 2010)

Math Achievement by State

• Teaching Math to the Talented: Which countries—and states—are producing high-achieving students? (Winter 2011)
• Interactive map providing specific information for each state