Posted on 05/28/2003 3:12:40 PM PDT by hsmomx3
The Summer 2003 edition of the education journal "Education Next" has statistics on teacher pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that match my own research. To quote: "Teachers earn more per hour than architects, civil engineers, mechanical engineers, statisticians, biological and life scientists, registered nurses, university-level foreign-language teachers, and editors and reporters." The statistics exclude benefits, which are far richer for teachers than for private-sector employees.
On a related note, the web site of a private citizen has great graphs and stats on government spending. One graph shows how education productivity has declined by 70 percent over the last 40 years, based on the ratio of SAT scores to inflation-adjusted per-pupil spending. The graph can be found at:
http://mwhodges.home.att.net/education.htm
Regards,
Craig J. Cantoni
Capstone Consulting Group
480-661-8175
Fax 480-661-8155
teach you to hate everybody so much, 0r did you learn that on your own?
I'd like to take you to the firehall for 24 hours.
We would see real quick who sucks off of what.
Otherwise, don't complain at tax time.
OTOH, if you don't think the Government is borrowing enough, re-elect the Smirking Chimp. BTW, what ever happened to the $100 billion per year budget surplus that the Smirking Chimp inherited from President Clinton?
If its such good pay, give it a try.
You think teachers are the only ones that take work home at night. Give me a break. I am so sick of this "I'm underpaid" BS from teachers. Teachers are one of the most well paid professions and paid well above many, many other professions requiring a college education and long hours.
Time grading papers at home. That's laughable.
Allow me a correction...
If critics of the current state of public education have made it to this thread, it will be about how poorly students are performing and how teachers don't deserve higher salaries.
$40,000 to $80,000 a year with three months off, a great pension, full medical, long holidays, in-service days is pretty darn rich, especially when your paying the bill and the person getting this high salary is constantly, endlessly, ceasingly whining about it.
GIVE US A BREAK. Teachers need to shut up, do their jobs, and get results. Then maybe we can stomach teacher's bellyaching about wanting yet more money.
The situation in PA would improve if teachers
- Did not get paid while on strike
-The school districts would implement a strike curriculum whereby students continue with their lesson plans and graduate on schedule.
-School board members whose spouse is a teacher were not allowed to negotiate or vote on salary and benefit issues.
The situation in PA with teachers is horrid.
Heck, we listen to you and we don't even get paid for it.
Murry Mom,you're an ignoarant slut.The economy was headed for a dive before the election got underway.You don't think 911 didn't have an effect on the economy?It had a devastating effect.All because Jerky boy Clinton had his mind on more "important things".At least Bush has the balls to stand up to the terrorist pukes.You better thank God he's Commander in Chief instead of Girlie-man Gore who would be cowering under the oval office deck in the fetal posistion if he were in charge.
Hmm. Many teachers have also been 4.0 students their entire life as well.
I really don't know what sort of educators your parents were if they worked 5 hours a day! My mom was a teacher, and she generally worked several hours a day outside of the classroom, and on weekends. My girlfriend is a first year middle school teacher (at abou 37k, if you are curious), and I am pretty sure she is putting in 60+ hour weeks right now, sometimes a lot more than that.
"Poor folks won't be able to attend"
That strikes me as a pretty legitimate objection.
"and I am pretty sure she is putting in 60+ hour weeks right now"
Baloney.
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