Teacher
pay in America continues to slide further and further behind other
professionals requiring the same level of education, and the same amount
of experience. The salary disparity is felt more among teachers who
have been teachers for several years. And while job security and
benefits are seen as compromises to higher salaries, it doesn’t make up
for the disparity in salaries.
This should be a concern for for all districts, where teacher shortages are becoming extremely serious across the country. The high turnover among teaching faculties has made it difficult to fill vacancies to the capacity necessary. Exacerbating the problem is the implementation of state and district priorities and mandates that require class-size reduction. This will require additional cohorts of teachers to cover the demand. A report by Sylvia Allegretto and Lawrence Mishel, of the Economic Policy Institute, The teacher pay gap is wider than ever: Teachers’ pay continues to fall further behind pay of comparable workers, sheds light on this serious issue.
This should be a concern for for all districts, where teacher shortages are becoming extremely serious across the country. The high turnover among teaching faculties has made it difficult to fill vacancies to the capacity necessary. Exacerbating the problem is the implementation of state and district priorities and mandates that require class-size reduction. This will require additional cohorts of teachers to cover the demand. A report by Sylvia Allegretto and Lawrence Mishel, of the Economic Policy Institute, The teacher pay gap is wider than ever: Teachers’ pay continues to fall further behind pay of comparable workers, sheds light on this serious issue.
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