Well done. I didn't take your point to be to offer the definitive metric on teacher pay. I just thought it was an effort to introduce a few additional factors that should be taken into account and see how things shake out. If that was the goal, I found this to be useful info. Thanks!
lol the methodology sucks so hard on this. First off, why use averages instead of medians for everything? Second off, this doesn't account for the fact that an affordable house might not be anywhere near where the well-paying teaching jobs are, which are usually in more expensive areas. Finally, where does student performance slot in on all of this?
The one problem I have with this sort of analysis, as well as the general narrative about how poorly paid teachers are, is that they misrepresent the compensation model. On the surface we can say teachers are not nominally paid well. However, they're paid very well when you consider one other factor: time.
Once you factor in winter, spring, and summer breaks, federal/school holidays, and weather related days off, public school teachers generally work about nine months a year. There are not too many jobs where people get that much time off, especially at the entry level..
Well done. I didn't take your point to be to offer the definitive metric on teacher pay. I just thought it was an effort to introduce a few additional factors that should be taken into account and see how things shake out. If that was the goal, I found this to be useful info. Thanks!
lol the methodology sucks so hard on this. First off, why use averages instead of medians for everything? Second off, this doesn't account for the fact that an affordable house might not be anywhere near where the well-paying teaching jobs are, which are usually in more expensive areas. Finally, where does student performance slot in on all of this?
Those who claim that teachers only work 9 months of the year are NOT teachers. Talk to a teacher. You probably know one.
The one problem I have with this sort of analysis, as well as the general narrative about how poorly paid teachers are, is that they misrepresent the compensation model. On the surface we can say teachers are not nominally paid well. However, they're paid very well when you consider one other factor: time.
Once you factor in winter, spring, and summer breaks, federal/school holidays, and weather related days off, public school teachers generally work about nine months a year. There are not too many jobs where people get that much time off, especially at the entry level..