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American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten wrote an op-ed for The Daily Beast to make "a factual case for teachers’ unions" that students perform better under their provision.
Previous public–private pay comparisons at the state and local levels, including numerous reports published by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), significantly undercount public-sector pension benefits, omit retiree health coverage, and ignore job security. Using California as an example, an analysis by economists Andrew Biggs and Jason Richwine showed that these errors can produce a substantial underestimate of public-sector compensation, leading to the erroneous conclusion that public workers receive compensation at or below market levels. In its rebuttal to the Biggs-Richwine analysis, EPI repeats the same errors, necessitating this response.
There's a grim reason why polar bears have been showing up in droves in coastal communities far away from their Arctic feeding grounds, writes John Gushue. Climate change is not only shrinking their territory but is putting the species under intense pressure for survival.