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In the US there’s an excess of teachers (unsure about caregivers) and it seems the market forces are expectedly causing low salaries. I believe as an American
by hattar 8y ago
In the US there’s an excess of teachers (unsure about caregivers) and it seems the market forces are expectedly causing low salaries.
I believe as an American I’m missing some important context to understand this comment.
- gowld 8y agoThere's an excess of programmers too. Oh, good programmers are scarce? Good teachers are scarce too
- dexen 8y ago>Good teachers are scarce too You have named the very reason the teachers are angrily protesting any and all attempts at evaluation of teachers' productivity. Or introduction of private (i.e., market-based) schools competing with the state run ones.
- raxxorrax 8y agoContext: A lot of countries in Europe have problems filling positions with teachers and caregivers, because younger people tend to evade these careers because of bad economic conditions and huge workloads.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoI would say that is still market mechanisms affecting wages. The purchasers (taxpayers) are not willing to pay sufficient wages in order to incentivize [the right] people to pursue it as a career.
- falcolas 8y agoIt's my opinion that taxpayers are the worst people to drive business decisions around education. The median tax payer will only care about education quality and availability for around 15 of their ~40 years as a tax payer. For those remaining 25 years, they will tend to prioritize money in their pockets over a teacher's salary; a situation that does not align with the betterment of our society at large.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoA million dollar teacher won't be able to do their job effectively if the child lives in a broken environment, so it's something that has to be attacked from all angles simultaneously, from the teachers, to providing the child's parents (and neighbors) with economic opportunities (and/or educating them), and even then it would be a slow process taking effect over generations, so no politician could claim it. Seems almost impossible to accomplish in a democracy.
- ABCLAW 8y agoThere are plenty of million dollar teachers, but they work in private tutoring or corporate education positions. The million dollar teachers will do things like actively manage the student's home life or business trajectory, give them personalized curricula, connect them with opportunities to gain hands-on experience, etc. Not saying you're wrong re: the incentives or anything, but a lot of people don't even know this segment of the market exists.