Governor: We're waiting for you to keep your word, and pay back the two billion dollars you borrowed from the education budget.
Posted on 09/14/2005 5:44:19 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
Duh?
Smart people don't go into crime ridden neighborhoods.
Most likely 100% of the difference is due to the fact that entry level teaching jobs are more likely to occur in "poor areas" than in "wealthy areas" when it comes to teaching.
After all, despite the protestations of the NEA, teachers are not totally socially blind and know where the chances are greater for getting hurt on the job.
Duh. When I was growing up, our town paid large teacher supplements in order to attract the better teachers.
Governor: We're waiting for you to keep your word, and pay back the two billion dollars you borrowed from the education budget.
Paging Captain Obvious....and I'll bet they have better swimming pools and debate teams as well.
This is not exactly true. Many of the wealthier neighborhoods in California are in newer school districts, where prop 13 takes a heavy toll. Most of the money in the newer districts needs to go to building schools, not paying teachers. I know because I lived in the Capistrano Valley school district, which only hired teachers right out of school with no experience or advanced degrees to avoid paying a higher salary.
wouldnt the taxes on a 700,000 home be higher on a 350,000 home?
If you are a highly qualified teacher, do you go into the leafy green suburbs where the parents may be pushy, but involved, or to the inner city where maybe 10% show up for teacher conferences?
Parents need to do their part, too.
Charter schools in tough neighborhoods with involved parents see real results.
Duh!! Maybe the best teachers want to teach without fearing for their personal safety ie, assault, rape, muggings etc.
It doesn't matter what the taxes are in CA, the money all goes to the state and is redistributed according to how many special ed kids, minorities, or non English speaking students that a school district has. As you can see, LA would get twice or maybe three times the funding as a new Orange County school district.
Next the left will require "re-education camps" just like pol pot and the viet cong.
Oh gee,let's see -- it's not the money; do you think it might be, um, WHAT could it be?????
(former!! teacher)
Um, it depends on if you want to worry about being mugged while you work. imho. As they say, "I would not do that for all the tea in China."
Sounds like the teacher's union is racist. Pay scales like these are what the union has fought to get, where pay is based on seniority. Moving up in seniority allows more experienced teachers (better paid) to move into the more cushy jobs & there's no battle pay to work in the rougher schools.
And the sun rises in the east?
Has anyone seen the interview from SNL with Chevy Chase interviewing Richard Pryor as a job applicant? Another great word association game. Wake up MSM!
Pretty girls get more dates. What else is new?
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