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Media Misleads on Education: Public School Teachers Are Paid More Than Commonly Reported
« on: April 18, 2018, 03:15:28 pm »
During recent teacher walkouts in Oklahoma that captured national attention, many major media outlets reported misleadingly small figures for teacher pay. By failing to reveal all aspects of teacher compensation, these outlets hid the true costs to taxpayers—which now amount to an annualized average of about $120,000 for every public school teacher in the United States.

Read more at: https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/james-agresti/media-misleads-education-public-school-teachers-are-paid-more-commonly
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Re: Media Misleads on Education: Public School Teachers Are Paid More Than Commonly Reported
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2018, 04:51:54 pm »
Where the hell is this? When my wife was teaching, the average salary in Texas was 36k with the total package value (value including benefits) still under $50k.
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Re: Media Misleads on Education: Public School Teachers Are Paid More Than Commonly Reported
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2018, 05:17:25 pm »
Quote from: AbaraXas on April 18, 2018, 04:51:54 pm
Where the hell is this? When my wife was teaching, the average salary in Texas was 36k with the total package value (value including benefits) still under $50k.

She was paid much better than I was!
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Re: Media Misleads on Education: Public School Teachers Are Paid More Than Commonly Reported
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2018, 06:20:10 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on April 18, 2018, 05:17:25 pm
She was paid much better than I was!

This was just a couple of years ago. She finally quit after a few years teaching. It just wasn't worth it. She was spent about half her take home pay on supplies and curriculum and working over 70 hours per week. It was more cost effective for her not to work. Plus public school bureaucracy is a nightmare.
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Re: Media Misleads on Education: Public School Teachers Are Paid More Than Commonly Reported
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2018, 06:28:38 pm »
Quote from: AbaraXas on April 18, 2018, 06:20:10 pm
This was just a couple of years ago. She finally quit after a few years teaching. It just wasn't worth it. She was spent about half her take home pay on supplies and curriculum and working over 70 hours per week. It was more cost effective for her not to work. Plus public school bureaucracy is a nightmare.

Same here.  On all points.  Granted, we did have a few weeks off in the summer...when we weren't doing CEU's, attending workshops, doing school prep, etc.
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Re: Media Misleads on Education: Public School Teachers Are Paid More Than Commonly Reported
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2018, 06:46:50 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on April 18, 2018, 06:28:38 pm
Same here.  On all points.  Granted, we did have a few weeks off in the summer...when we weren't doing CEU's, attending workshops, doing school prep, etc.

Lol... I've had this conversation quite often. One of the biggest myths is teachers work part time and have summers off. In really, for most, they work twice the hours and are just as busy during the summer.
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