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I see your cherry-picked articles, and I raise with my own cherry-picked articles. http://time.com/money/5228237/teacher-pay-charts/ http://time.com/money/5228

I see your cherry-picked articles, and I raise with my own cherry-picked articles. http://time.com/money/5228237/teacher-pay-charts/ http://time.com/money/5228237/teacher-pay-charts/ http://www.nea.org/home/12661.htm http://www.nea.org/home/12661.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/08/16/think-teachers-arent-paid-enough-its-worse-than-you-think/?utm_term=.7de1b3cc6ead https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/08/... Of note, teacher salary comparisons should be made to those with similar education attainment and should take into account the many hours they spend working outside of the school day.

scarface74 8y ago
I didn’t read the articles and my point is not to agree or disagree with either side. Also, my mom is a retired teacher so take that bias as you will. I’m just adding another data point. Teaching does have its downsides, but I know a lot of people who became teachers or stayed teachers (like my mom) because it can give you a great work life balance. You’re off during the summer when your kids are out of school and your holidays mostly correspond with thiers. When we got married, we were an “instant family” - my wife had two kids. We also got laid off at the same time before we got married - we worked together. I ended up with a contract job and she ended up with a job with crazy hours (nights and some weekends). That didn’t work for us. She took a significant pay cut to work in the school system at a job she liked a lot more and she had the same schedule as our sons. She has a stable job with good - expensive benefits. That allowed me to jump around from contract to perm back to contract and chase jobs solely for the money without worrying about benefits or the stability of the company. I know a small business owner whose wife works in the school system for the same reason - benefits. There are other non monetary benefits to being a teacher - especially in a two income household.
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scarface74 8y ago

I didn’t read the articles and my point is not to agree or disagree with either side. Also, my mom is a retired teacher so take that bias as you will. I’m just adding another data point. Teaching does have its downsides, but I know a lot of people who became teachers or stayed teachers (like my mom) because it can give you a great work life balance. You’re off during the summer when your kids are out of school and your holidays mostly correspond with thiers. When we got married, we were an “instant family” - my wife had two kids. We also got laid off at the same time before we got married - we worked together. I ended up with a contract job and she ended up with a job with crazy hours (nights and some weekends). That didn’t work for us. She took a significant pay cut to work in the school system at a job she liked a lot more and she had the same schedule as our sons. She has a stable job with good - expensive benefits. That allowed me to jump around from contract to perm back to contract and chase jobs solely for the money without worrying about benefits or the stability of the company. I know a small business owner whose wife works in the school system for the same reason - benefits. There are other non monetary benefits to being a teacher - especially in a two income household.

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