[RobbyS]

Well, it does ignore the fact that half of all teachers quit after serving less than five years. Teachers in many states earn far less than what is posted above. ( It also ignores the fact that the real money is in administration. It is not unusual for an asst. superintendent to earn more than a congressmen--and they are both politicians. A big city superintendent, whose job is mainly ceremonial and political, typically is among the highest paid officials in the United States. )

But in another way, he understates his case. Most teachers are married and are not the only breadwinners in their families. The average family income of a family with a teacher in it is above 75G a year on the average. Not exactly the genteel poverty of fifty years ago.

[Amelia]

Well, it does ignore the fact that half of all teachers quit after serving less than five years.

That's true. But if the assumptions in the article and by the poster of the article are true, why would they quit such a cushy job?

And why aren't more people trying to become teachers?

[rwfromkansas]

Supers really don't have an easy life.

The 6-figure salary is appealing, but not the workload. It is a job from hell.

If I do decide to go into teaching after student teaching this fall, I may eventually move into a principal position. But, there is no way in heck I would become a super.