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Good for her! Unfortunately, your anecdote is not representative. Many older teachers are getting forced out because, well, they're expensive and new teachers
by 3JPLW 7y ago
Good for her! Unfortunately, your anecdote is not representative. Many older teachers are getting forced out because, well, they're expensive and new teachers are underpaid.
https://www.teacherportal.com/teacher-salaries-by-state/ https://www.teacherportal.com/teacher-salaries-by-state/
- mieseratte 7y ago> Unfortunately, your anecdote is not representative. Of teachers starting today? Probably not. Older government employees often had ludicrously lucrative compensation packages compared to what we have now. It may or may not depending on what group we're talking about. > Many older teachers are getting forced out because, well, they're expensive Do you have information for that one, the link provided just lists starting and average salaries.
- eesmith 7y agoWhat you describe as "ludicrously lucrative", I prefer to describe as "reasonable". I mean, couldn't I equally well say that the compensation packages we have now are ludicrously miserly?
- julianapostate 7y agofyi for anyone curious on that source.. those numbers come from america's largest labor union and professional interest group for public school teachers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Education_Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Education_Association