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The School Employee Concessions Myth

The Second in a Video Series Debunking School Funding Myths

By Michael Van Beek, published on Nov. 1, 2010

(Permission to rebroadcast in whole or in part is hereby granted. A courtesy super or CG crediting the Mackinac Center would be appreciated.)

School employees on the whole have not saved taxpayers money through contract concessions and have remained relatively shielded from Michigan's economic downturn. Michigan's teachers are the nation's highest-paid when compared to state wealth.

Read more about this and other school funding myths.

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