Sentences with phrase «benefits than private school»

On average, public school teachers receive higher salaries and more benefits than private school teachers.

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Most public school teachers participate in defined benefit (DB) pension plans, which because of different accounting rules contribute significantly less today for each dollar of future retirement benefits than private - sector DB pensions or defined contribution (DC) pension plans.

David Bann, the study's lead author, suggested that pupils from private schools are more likely to have extra money to invest in extracurricular activities than state schools, which could help them develop healthy habits that benefit them late on life.

While younger students may have benefited slightly from the voucher program after one year, the older students who switched to private schools scored significantly lower than their public - school peers after one year.

First, the benefits of attending a private school are greatest for outcomes other than test scores — in particular, the likelihood that a student will graduate from high school and enroll in college.

Prior research by William Howell and Paul Peterson suggested that the reason low - income inner - city African Americans benefit most from private - school choice is that moving to the new school represents a more dramatic improvement in the school environment for them than for less - disadvantaged white and Hispanic students.

When parents send their children somewhere other than the local public school, it's not because they believe that the private market is the best way to deliver education or that their child will benefit from a longer bus ride.

Pension benefits for public school teachers (and most public employees) are far more generous than for private sector professionals.

We showed that pension benefit costs are significantly larger for public school teachers than for private sector managers and professionals, and that the gap was widening.

«Teacher Retirement Benefits: Even in economically tough times, costs are higher than ever,» by Robert Costrell and Michael Podgursky This study documents the growing gap between high employer pension costs for public school teachers and lower employer pension costs for private sector managers and professionals.

The available empirical evidence on these private school choice programs makes it clear they positively affect the academic performance of participating students, while doing so at a lower cost than public schools and benefitting public school students, decreasing segregation, and improving civic values and practices.

South Dakota Attorney General opined that any statute requiring the transportation of private school students on public school buses would violate South Dakota's Blaine Amendments because the benefits received by the private schools would be more than «incidental.»

Interestingly, achievement benefits of private school choice appear to be somewhat larger for programs in developing countries than for those in the U.S. Wolf explains, «Our meta - analysis avoided all three factors that have muddied the waters on the test - score effects of private school choice.

In general, private school teachers have more resources than public school teachers do, and they also enjoy smaller class sizes and other benefits.

In fact, the value of fringe benefits (as a percentage of wages) for the average public - school teacher is more than double the benefits package received by the typical worker in a large private - sector firm.

We conclude that public - school teacher salaries are comparable to those paid to similarly skilled private sector workers, but that more generous fringe benefits for public - school teachers, including greater job security, make total compensation 52 percent greater than fair market levels, equivalent to more than $ 120 billion overcharged to taxpayers each year.

... public - school teacher salaries are comparable to those paid to similarly skilled private sector workers, but that more generous fringe benefits for public - school teachers, including greater job security, make total compensation 52 percent greater than fair market levels, equivalent to more than $ 120 billion overcharged to taxpayers each year.

Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that describes the feasibility, benefits, and costs of establishing a system of certification of public and private schools and of motor carriers and motorcoach operators that provide motorcoach driver training.