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Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
PUBLIC SECTOR COMPENSATION IS A BIG DEAL AROUND THE COUNTRY. STATES AND LOCALITIES ARE LOOKING TO BALANCE THEIR BUDGETS. WHETHER YOU WANT TO REDUCE THOSE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
IN AN OP-ED YOU WROTE FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, YOU SAY EVEN TEACHERS THEMSELVES ARE UNAWARE OF IT IN BENEFITS. GUEST: THE TEACHERS
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| 00:01:59 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
KNOW ABOUT THE BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW GENEROUS THEY ARE. THESE PEOPLE RELY ON BENEFITS THAT COME FROM THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS AND THEY'RE GENERALLY...
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| 00:04:25 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES PUBLIC-SECTOR WORKERS. WHY DID YOU FOCUS ON TEACHERS AS OPPOSED TO OTHER PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS LIKE POLICE, FIRE, AND SANITATION?...
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| 00:04:38 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
WORK ON OTHER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. WE LOOKED AT FEDERAL WORKERS AND PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES IN GENERAL IN SEVERAL STATES. WHAT DREW HIS TO TEACHERS IS...
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CALLER, -
MORNING. YOU ARE FROM THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE WHICH IS A CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK AND, OF COURSE, AND PUBLIC-SECTOR JOBS ARE GOOD FOR YOU. HAVE...
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| 00:08:26 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
A SECOND AND LET ANDREW BIGGS RESPONSE. YOU TEACH IN BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICH. -- HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A TEACHER AND WAS SUBJECT TO YOU TEACH? HO CALLER:...
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CALLER, -
TEACHER. I TRAVEL AMONG DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. MY PARTICULAR SPECIALTY IS CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS, MOSTLY SLAVIC. I GO AND HELP THEM DURING THE WEEK...
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| 00:09:26 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
LEAVE IT THERE. GUEST: LET ME START
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| 00:09:34 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
WITH A LANGUAGE THAT IS USED. SHE IS SAYING WE DON'T LIKE TEACHERS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE OPPOSITE IN THE STUDY, IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY LANGUAGE LIKE...
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| 00:11:58 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
FROM AND THAT, FOR DEMOCRATS FROM ALABAMA. ARNETT -- CALLER: MY QUESTION IS THIS
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CALLER, -
AND I DO HAVE A COMMENT -- WHY DID THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE ONCE AGAIN ATTACKING SOME OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN COUNTRY? IN ATTACKING...
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| 00:13:08 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
TO THE IDEA THAT WE ARE ATTACKING THE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA. THAT IS NOT THE CASE. THEY SAY WE ARE CHERRY PICKING DATA. PEOPLE CAN POINT THAT OUT IF...
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| 00:13:45 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
MAKE SURE THE AUDIENCE UNDERSTANDS THIS IS A JOINT REPORT THAT YOU DID IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP FOR AMERICA. GUEST:
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| 00:13:54 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
IT WAS A REPORT CO- AUTHORED WITH THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION. IT IS A PRODUCT OF MY WORK AND THEIR WORK AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE INSTITUTIONAL VIEWS...
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| 00:14:21 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
YOU END JASON RICHWINE TO DO THIS STUDY? GUEST: WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
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| 00:14:29 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
ON THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE TEACHER ELEMENT IS THE FOCUS ON SALARIES. THERE ARE A LOT APOSTLES WE HAD TO GO THROUGH TO GET THIS THING RIGHT. -- VERA...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
THE HERITAGE WEBSITE, HERITAGE.ORG. GUEST:
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| 00:15:09 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
ALSO AIE.ORG. WE NEED THE TRAFFIC. HOST: CALLER: GOOD:
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Harleston, Robb - Host
GOOD MORNING. CALLER: I WORK FOR
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CALLER, -
A MAJOR CORPORATION FOR 25 YEARS IN NEW JERSEY. I HAD MARVELOUS BENEFITS. I HAD A WHOPPING SALARIES AND IN 2002, I DECIDED TO GO INTO TEACHING BECAUSE...
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| 00:16:39 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
RESPONSE, TELL US ABOUT THE PRIVATE SECTOR JOB AND WHAT SUBJECT AND GRADE LEVEL ARE YOU TEACHING NOW? GUEST: I WORK FOR A HUGE PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION...
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| 00:17:23 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM. SHE POINTS OUT THAT SHE SWITCHED FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR JOB TO TEACHING AND SHE MAKES LESS THAN BEFORE. IS A VERY COMMON...
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| 00:22:02 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
THE IMPLICIT ASSUMPTION IS CONSISTENT ACROSS FIELDS OF STUDY. IF I AND AN EDUCATION MAJOR AND YOU ARE AN ENGINEERING MAJOR, I KNOW ONE GRADUATION DAY...
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| 00:22:20 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
IF A MAJOR IN EDUCATION ARE URGING ENGINEERING OR FINANCE, IT IS NOT SURPRISING I WOULD EARN MORE THAN YOU. IF WE HAD THE SAME DEGREE, IT WOULD BE ASSUMED...
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| 00:23:13 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
IF WE COME OUT OF GRADUATE SCHOOL AND YOU HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENGINEERING AND I'VE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION, OUR SALARIES SHOULD BE SIMILAR...
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| 00:23:27 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
ANSWER ASSUMES THAT IT WOULD BE THE CENTER OF OUR STUDY DOES NOT ASSUME THAT. WE CANNOT ASSUME THAT ALL THE GREASE HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME QUALITY IN...
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| 00:23:41 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
THE PHONES. OUR NEXT CALL COMES FROM CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO, ON OUR LINE FROM REPUBLICANS. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
I REMEMBER READING YOUR ARTICLE WHEN IT CAME OUT ON THE NATIONAL REVIEW. I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING BUT I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. YOU SAY WE SHOULD INSTITUTE...
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| 00:24:18 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
FIRST TO ADMIT I AM NOT AN EXPERT IN HOW YOU WOULD INSTITUTE MERIT PAY. THIS CAME OUT AND MAKE COMMENTS THAT THE FORMER DC SCHOOL COUNSELOR MICHELLE RHEE...
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| 00:25:46 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
A TEACHER IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. WHAT GRADE LEVEL AND WHAT SUBJECT TO DO YOU TEACH? CALLER: I TEACH
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CALLER, -
MATH AT THE SEVENTH GRADE LEVEL. HOST: WHAT IS YOUR
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Harleston, Robb - Host
QUESTION OR COMMENT? CALLER:
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CALLER, -
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS REGARDING HOW THE BENEFITS WERE LOOKED AT. WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT PAID TIME OFF -- A TEACHER AND VIRGINIA AND ALWAYS HAVE PARIS WE...
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| 00:28:03 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
PAID TIDE OF -- PAID TIME OFF AND SOURS, IT GETS COMPLICATED. SOME OTHER STUDIES HAVE LOOKED AT WEEKLY WAGES FOR A TEACHER AND THEN YOU GET COMPLICATIONS'...
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| 00:30:03 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
OF THE CHARTS IN YOUR PAPER HAS THIS HEADLINE, AVERAGE BENEFIT AS A PERCENTAGE OF WAGES. TOTAL BENEFITS, PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS HAD 41.2%, AND FOR PRIVATE...
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| 00:31:20 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
THAT CHART AND SAY THAT THIS PROVES IS WRONG. WE ARE USING THIS TO SEE THE BASELINE BENEFIT DATA IS FROM THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS SHOWS. IF YOU...
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| 00:32:17 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
CALLING FROM SPOKANE, WASHINGTON. YOU ARE ON THE "WASHINGTON JOURNAL JOURNAL. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
I HATE TO SEE THE PERSONAL ATTACKS ON TEACHERS AND I DO NOT THINK THAT IS WHAT HE IS TRYING TO DO. WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC DISCOURSE THAT DOES NOT BRING...
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| 00:33:49 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
GOOD QUESTION. I CAN I GIVE YOU A FULL -- FOR A FULLER ANSWER, LOOK AT THE PAPER. WE GAVE A HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON OF A FULL CAREER TEACHER VERSUS...
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| 00:35:31 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
FOR ANDREW BIGGS COMES FROM A TEACHER IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. CALLER: THANK YOU
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CALLER, -
FOR TAKING MY CALL. LET ME DISPEL SOME MISINFORMATION THAT YOUR GUEST IS PERPETUATING. NUMBER ONE, TEACHERS DO NOT GET PAID FOR SOMERSAULT. THAT IS A...
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| 00:37:33 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
ARE GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE. GUEST: ANN POINTS
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| 00:37:39 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
OUT THAT SHE HAS 10 MONTHS A YEAR OF WORK AND THEN GETS TWO MONTHS OFF. WE DO NOT ASSUME THAT SHE GETS PAID -- WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL PAY FOR THE YEAR....
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| 00:39:31 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
TALKING WITH ANDREW BIGGS, A RESIDENT SCHOLAR WITH THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE. IF YOU WANT TO READ MORE OF HIS ANALYSIS, YOU CAN FIND IT ON THEIR...
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IT IS NOT WHETHER WE VALUE TEACHERS ARE NOT FOR TOO MUCH. -- OR TOO MUCH. POLITICIANS MAKE PROMISES THAT THEY CANNOT KEEP. BUT WHETHER WE VALUE OUR CHILDREN....
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Harleston, Robb - Host
BELIEVE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ARE UNMOTIVATED BRETZ? CALLER: I REALLY
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CALLER, -
DO. AND WE HAVE ALL LOT OF TEACHERS WHO CHEAT THEIR WAY THROUGH THEIR COLLEGE DEGREES. -- OF TEACHERS -- CHEATERS OUT THERE WHO CHEAT THEIR WAY THROUGH...
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| 00:41:16 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
THERE. GUEST: CHRIS RAISES
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| 00:41:20 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
A GOOD POINT. EDUCATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND WE WANT OUR CHILDREN WELL- EDUCATED. WHAT WE DID IT IS -- ARE WE GETTING THE QUALITY OF TEACHER...
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| 00:43:25 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
HOST: WE HAVE BEEN TAKING WITH ANDREW BIGGS REGARDING THE REPORT THAT HE WROTE ON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER PAY. BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, THERE WAS A REACTION...
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| 00:44:15 |
Biggs, Andrew - Resident Scholar
GUEST: WHAT HE SAID IS WRONG. IF YOU READ THE PAPER, HE WOULD SEE WHY IT IS WRONG. SIMPLE FACT. AN EXAMPLE OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE PAID TO A FULL CAREER...
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| 00:44:57 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
AMERICAN -- AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE. THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." AFTER THIS BREAK, A DISCUSSION ON THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF COLLEGE...
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