Many Teachers on Long Island exceed 100K a year. The average is about 75K. In my district about 10% exceed 100K, one teaches kindergarten.
The days of poorly paid teachers on LI ended long ago. However, the union still uses the stereotype to garner sympathy from the non-educated public.
I was at an open house when one of the teachers stated she taught for the love of the children; "because we all know it isn't for the money". Laughter broke out everywhere; the teacher was quite embarrassed.
People I know who have tried to get hired in the district say it is virtually impossible to get placed unless you are a relative or friend of someone who already works there. Pathetic.
Our district is only slightly above average when compared to the rest of the state regarding mandated state wide testing. Of cousrse, the union fought having to perform this testing. I guess it makes it to easy to identify who is doing well and who isn't (both teacher and student). Go figure.
Schools focus on America's flaws, report says*** "It's important that students understand not only our flaws and failings, but also the degree to which the United States was really the first modern democracy and the degree to which it has inspired democrats around the world," Mr. Diamond said. "It's a call for balance; it's not a call for purging from the history books honest criticism of our failings."
The report calls for a stronger history and social studies curricula, starting in elementary school and continuing through all years of schooling. It also suggests a bigger push for morality in education lessons.
"The basic ideas of liberty, equality, and justice, of civil, political and economic rights and obligations, are all assertions of right and wrong, of moral values," the report says. "The authors of the American testament had no trouble distinguishing moral education from religious instruction, and neither should we."***
'Pluralism' manifesto lights a furor - Academic Bill of Rights***DENVER - A Republican proposal to boost pluralism in academia in Colorado has enraged the left, prompting cries of McCarthyism and calls for an investigation.
The flap erupted last week after word surfaced that Colorado Republican leaders are throwing their support behind the "Academic Bill of Rights," a document drawn up over the summer by Los Angeles-based conservative activist David Horowitz.
The eight-point manifesto calls for increasing intellectual diversity in academia by urging universities to seek more conservative professors, include more classics in the curriculum, invite conservative speakers to campus, and protect students who disagree with liberal professors from academic harassment.***