Tag Archives: teachers

Teachers Paid ‘On Par with Doctors’?

Posted on August 19, 2011

President Obama falsely claimed teachers are paid "on par" with doctors in “most countries" with high test scores. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has data that allowed us to compare 16 member countries in all three categories: student test scores, teachers' pay and general practitioners' pay. None of …
More >>

Posted in The FactCheck Wire | Tagged , , | Comments Off

Education Spin

Posted on March 18, 2009 , Corrected on March 26, 2009

Last year, the president touted U.S. gains in education, saying that our “fourth- and eighth-graders achieved the highest math scores on record.” He bragged that “African-American and Hispanic students posted all-time highs.” Last week, the president said those eighth-graders weren’t so great at math after all …
More >>

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment