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I think it's a meme that has carried over to k12 from stories about massive administration growth in higher ed relative to teaching staff. It also is challengi

I think it's a meme that has carried over to k12 from stories about massive administration growth in higher ed relative to teaching staff. It also is challenging to make apples:apples comparison between teacher and administrator salaries as the contracts are structured very diferently. That said - anecdotally, admin salaries are commonly 2x+ average teacher salaries in districts that I have had experience teaching within.

secabeen 9y ago
And even in higher-ed, it's largely a false narrative as well. Overall spending per student at state schools is down. Here are the numbers for UC: http://dailybruin.com/2014/11/18/tuition-rises-despite-declining-uc-spending-per-student/ http://dailybruin.com/2014/11/18/tuition-rises-despite-decli... Administrative salaries are up, but generally in line with increases in research funding (research funding has a lot of administrative overhead. Read OMB Circular A-21 if you want to see some example details.) Yes, there are reports of some over-payments at the top executive levels, but just like in a corporation, overpaying the C-Level executives by $10/mil a year just doesn't move the needle for companies with 10's of billions of dollars a year in revenue.