When Finnish Teachers Work in America's Public Schools

Re:When Finnish Teachers Work in America's Public Schools by nawitus on Saturday December 31, 2016 @03:59PM (#13293115)

>teachers being respected leads to higher pay

Note that teachers are not paid well in Finland. The average wage for a classroom teacher is $43k per year, which is slightly less than the average wage of all workers.

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Re:When Finnish Teachers Work in America's Public Schools by trm42 on Sunday January 01, 2017 @05:06PM (#13297651)

Please take into account that the Finnish health care and getting kids to school etc is free compared to the US system, so 40-50k wage in Finland is fine. Not sure how much more those add, but would guess something like 20k.

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Re:When Finnish Teachers Work in America's Public Schools by nawitus on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @01:54PM (#13311864)

Which is why I added the comparison to average wage.

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