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The 95k average teacher's salary plus benefits seems amazing to me. It makes me wonder, what is the starting salary? Are the benefits non-existent? Is NY really that much more expensive to live in then say Phx (where my friend with a master's in education makes 30k a year- I know her salary cause I helped get her on WIC and some other programs- she's got 2 kids).
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quote:Originally posted by katharina: The upgrades he mentions are those that the private school kids will use.
A few of them may be. Many are not.
And to be clear, I'm still unconvinced that these guys have only the district's best interests at heart. It does seem like it may be more nuanced that it was suggested, though.
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quote:The 95k average teacher's salary plus benefits seems amazing to me.
Teachers in DC make well over 80K, and have the possibility of making up to 130K if their students do well on tests.
I'm not sure, but it's my impression that average teacher salaries in the West are well below average teacher salaries in the East, even accounting for the cost of living. There are more cities in the East, and I think that factors in (as it really should, considering the difference in the price of real estate).
quote: First of all, you're just plain wrong. Teachers and administrators are receiving their contractually obligatory raises.
And all else being held equal, yes, but property values do go up, and development happens. The tax rate can't go up indefinitely, or we'll eventually be paying more in taxes than we pay for our mortgages.
And by the way, I haven't got a raise in three years, my brother in law got a 25% pay cut, my best friend spent much of this past year working a reduced work week (hence 20% pay cut) and my wife lost her job. In a good economy, I'm all for teachers getting raises, but right now isn't the time.
That may be true where Glenn lives, but it definitely isn't true where I live. I'm a public school teacher. Ten days have been cut out of the school year (five for students, plus five more for teachers), so there goes the pay for those days. Georgia states a state minimum salary for all teachers across the board, and local systems add to that. My system has cut that allowance by 30%. Also, all "extra stipends" like coaches, after-school work, lead-teacher, etc., are gone by the wayside. Plus there was no contractual raise. Plus insurance is going up. So, I'm now going to make less next year than I did when I moved to Georgia seven years ago. So, yes, the economy is affecting teachers as well. Also, the summer work I used to get with the state education department no longer exists, so I'm off to find non-education work. In Georgia, at least, teachers are not riding high on the proverbial hog.
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