Cory Koedel

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Cory Koedel
Associate Professor, Economics and Public Policy,
University of Missouri–Columbia

Cory Koedel is an associate professor of economics and public policy at the University of Missouri–Columbia. His research focuses on issues in the economics of education, including teacher compensation and pension policy, teacher quality, curriculum evaluation, and the efficacy of higher education institutions. He received his PhD in economics from the University of California, San Diego.

Contributing topics
Education finance
Educational governance & policy
Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes
Contributing initiatives
Getting Down To Facts II
Commentary by Cory Koedel
: Which Materials?
Cory Koedel in the Media
: Exploding Pension Costs Fuel Opposition to Marin School Parcel Taxes
: Pension Costs Feed Resistance to Higher School Taxes in California County, Study Finds
: California’s Pension Debt Is Harming Teachers and Students Now—And It’s Going to Get Worse
: Governor Newsom Proposes to Chip Away at Mountain of Pension Liability and Ease School Districts’ Burden
: Major National Research Project Finds California Education Beginning on Right Path; Improvements on Reforms Needed
Publications by Cory Koedel
The Canary in the Gold Mine
The Implications of Marin’s Rising Pension Costs and Tax Revolt for Increasing Education Funding
Voters in Marin County have long been willing to pass parcel taxes to fund their schools. In 2016, taxes faced unprecedented opposition from local activists; taxes in Kentfield and Mill Valley were defeated or passed by previously unheard-of narrow…
GDTFII Brief Pension
Pensions and California Public Schools
In 2014, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 1469, a law that requires teachers and school districts, along with the state government, to substantially increase their respective contributions to the California State Teachers’ Retirement…