I make under 40-thousand a year here in PA to pay people who teach at an average salary of around 50-thosuand. I don't buy this "comparatively low pay." That's National Education Association propaganda. Parents would make a big difference in their children's education if they cared more. If they cared to the point of personal sacrifice, they would teach at home and we could save a lot on teacher salaries then. Oops, I let some truth slip out. Its easy to blame administrators, but the salaries and benefits of all the people who work in schools make up over 60 percent of budgets around here. Some people who work in schools only pay $24 a month for medical and dental benefits around here. That has to change, too. It costs a lot more in the real world of taxpayers out there.
Believe me, you could fire half the adminsitrators in some districts and never know the difference -- and move into smaller buildilngs. These districts spend money on adminiistrator salaries and office buildings like crazy. Teachers are always last on their list in terms of who might get a raise.