How Teachers Came to Be So Underpaid in America

Re:How Teachers Came to Be So Underpaid in America by 2ion on Friday September 14, 2018 @05:35AM (#17985876)

Can't even fathom how many MSc educated people in the sciences would never, ever consider teaching due that laughable pay (even worse when converted to hourly) when compared even to the lowest-paying industry jobs. That's not how you educate a society for the 22nd century.

To catch up with what is common in Western Europe, the pay needs to at least double to 80k USD and more for teachers of upper secondary classes.

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Re:How Teachers Came to Be So Underpaid in America by Jian-Yang on Friday September 14, 2018 @05:52AM (#17985954)

>To catch up with what is common in Western Europe, the pay needs to at least double to 80k USD and more for teachers of upper secondary classes.

What do you mean by this? It seems that the USA pays very similar to what Western Europe pays their teachers (ignoring outliers)? https://www.businessinsider.com/teacher-salaries-by-country-...

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Re:How Teachers Came to Be So Underpaid in America by distances on Friday September 14, 2018 @06:18AM (#17986055)

Direct comparison isn't very useful. Teacher salaries in Germany seem to be just above the US when just reading the chart, but in reality it's higher than e.g. most software developers make in Germany. Thus, gets you a lot further than in the US. You should rather compare teacher salaries to local engineer salaries, as the education is similar (assuming Master's is required).

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Re:How Teachers Came to Be So Underpaid in America by mattmcknight on Friday September 14, 2018 @07:30AM (#17986375)

Yet almost all public schools, and union rules, fail to account for the market value of their specialities and pay the same amount for all subjects. Therefore while there is often an excess of people with degrees that have lower market value, there are shortages in advanced math, science, and foreign language.

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