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The Impact of a $10,000 Bonus on Special Education Teacher Shortages in Hawai‘i

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Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

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Abstract

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Volume 48, Issue 1, Page 238-267, March 2026.
We study the impact of a bonus policy in Hawai‘i Public Schools that raised the salaries of all special education teachers by $10,000. We estimate that this policy reduced the proportion of vacant special education teaching positions relative to general ...