Comments on: Are Public School Teachers Underpaid?

By: NHNAVYMAN

NHNAVYMAN — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:25:28 +0000

military?

OMG!

I suggest you pull your head from your fat posterior and pull out your calculator to do the basic math skill to divide their pay by 24 hours a day. Most military folks are on the job 24/7 these days.

Thanks for participating and showing us all how nice it is to have to send our “little bastards” to people like you.

By: Translation service in London

Translation service in London — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:10:54 +0000

To ascertain whether public school teachers are really underpaid, consider first a comparison between the salaries earned by teachers in public and private schools. In providing instruction, private and public school teachers do similar work, but of course private school
salaries are funded by churches or school tuition payments.

By: Teachers are Overpaid and Underpaid — California Political Review

Teachers are Overpaid and Underpaid — California Political Review — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:02:38 +0000

[...] Jay Greene’s blog, Heritage’s Lindsey Burke sums it all up quite [...]

By: English grammar

English grammar — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:03:46 +0000

And the real world bears this out: Contrary to teachers’ insistences that they could earn more outside of teaching, we show that the typical worker who moves from the private sector into teaching receives a salary increase, while the typical teacher who leaves for the private sector receives a pay cut.

By: Teachers are Overpaid and Underpaid | AirModal Independent

Teachers are Overpaid and Underpaid | AirModal Independent — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:43:56 +0000

[...] Jay Greene’s blog, Heritage’s Lindsey Burke sums it all up quite [...]

By: Teachers are Overpaid and Underpaid

Teachers are Overpaid and Underpaid — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:50:40 +0000

[...] Jay Greene’s blog, Heritage’s Lindsey Burke sums it all up quite well, “Effective teachers should be handsomely rewarded for the impact they [...]

By: Some good, some bad

Some good, some bad — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:25:26 +0000

News Flash: We collectively spend WAAAY too much on prisons, but Teachers make too much? Me thinks priorities are way off. Additionally, we have foreign wars draining billions, and again we are worried about teachers being over paid.

We just have glaring social problems all over the place, but because the Teachers are most visible, we envy them for being able to keep their jobs during a depression. I beleive once the old crop of baby-boomer age teachers retires, the money issues will not be as much of a big deal.

By: Joe in LA - slowly leaving the Republican Party

Joe in LA - slowly leaving the Republican Party — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:59:26 +0000

Lindsey, please think about the negative responses. They are a light to the truth. I’m afraid your article nothing but more confusion. COgnitive abilities??? Oh please! I want to see for what cognitive abilities this study was giving us credit. I’ll give you credibility after you have taught in a public school for 6 months. I’ve worked in the public (18 years) and private sector (12 years). No private sector job has been as difficult or time consuming as teaching. FOr years I have watched Democrats ruin my profession by making it their lab for social engineering. Now Repubs are determined to pay us like lettuce pickers because that would be the fair market value.

By: Paul McKenna

Paul McKenna — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:19:08 +0000

“The “wage gap” disappears when teachers and non-teachers are compared using objective measures of cognitive ability, as opposed to years of university education.”
I find this totally laughable. Using this as a measure, I can only assume that the general public is being royally ripped off by our elected politicians. Their cognitive ability is certainly questionable and yet there is not this endless cacophony regarding the “value” of their services. After all, we all know how indispensable and valuable their services are!
To those who think being a teacher is an easy way to make a buck, get in front of a classroom of 30 students for a school year. It’s easy; it’s financially rewarding; you have a short work day and you have tons of vacation time. What more could one ask?
Happy teaching!

By: Niki Hayes

Niki Hayes — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:45:56 +0000

For years, surveys have shown that teachers don’t leave the field because of money. Only unions purport that to be the case. Teachers leave because of the working conditions: Lack of good administration and school boards that help maintain discipline in schools; lack of supportive parents who collaborate with teachers on their children’s work; lack of competency among fellow teachers (having to make up for the lousy teacher who sent you students unprepared for the next grade level but who earns the same salary as you do); awful training that focuses on social engineering rather than content of subject matter; and being held accountable for poorly written tests that measure not only the present year but all the previous years’ learning (or lack thereof).