Re:Is education no longer the ‘great equalizer’?
by j_walter on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @12:38PM
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You say paid poorly, but exactly how poorly? Usually the upfront pay was offset by a good pension, medical benefits and having the summer months off was a huge benefit.
Teachers around here now make the average staring salary for a Bachelors Degree and still get the good benefits and time off.
Re:Is education no longer the ‘great equalizer’?
by subsubzero on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @01:38PM
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I have a friend that was a teacher in palo alto at a public school, she taught special ed and was making 86k, not exactly poor but I could imagine a teacher at middle school or high school making more.
Re:Is education no longer the ‘great equalizer’?
by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @01:44PM
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>>It's remarkable how much the per capita, inflation corrected cost per pupil in California has gone up in 50 years.
Is that adjusted for national or local price levels?
My own elementary school (not in CA), has double the amount of staff with the same pupil head count, plus I don't doubt that the salaries have risen faster than inflation and/or GDP improvements. OTOH, teachers were famously poorly paid in days of yore.