Better Pay, Better Teachers
      The finding by a Columbia Business School Assistant Professor that the city over the past several years has built an increasingly experienced cadre of Teachers is welcome but not that surprising. Professor Jonah Rockoff pinpoints the primary reason the Department of Education is doing a better job of retaining Teachers as the significant increase in Teacher salaries.
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Holding DOE Accountable
      One instance in which the Department of Education failed to respond intelligently to the needs of Teachers recently came back into focus when an appellate court ruled against its appeal of a $512,000 jury award to a special education Teacher who was assaulted by a problem student.
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