Fla. Urges Comparable Teacher-Compensation Reporting

Florida education officials are crying “unfair” about the way teachers’ salaries are reported, and they want the federal government to do something about it.

Meanwhile, the official in charge of federal education statistics has pinpointed teacher compensation as an area that needs work and has begun an effort to improve what the government provides.

“There’s remarkable coherence in what Florida is talking about and what we have identified as major holes, and the work needed to fill them,” said Mark Schneider, who heads the National Center for...