Here are some stats on teacher pay: http://www.epi.org/economic_snapshots/entry/webfeatures_snapshots_20080402/ http://www.epi.org/economic_snapshots/entry/webf

Here are some stats on teacher pay: http://www.epi.org/economic_snapshots/entry/webfeatures_snapshots_20080402/ http://www.epi.org/economic_snapshots/entry/webfeatures_snap... http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/teacher-pay-around-the-world/ http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/teacher-pay-aro... So while we may spend more on education, the delta is not going to teachers. I suspect admin is a big part. There's a big controversy here in Seattle, the second in recent years where there was either large corruption or tens of millions of dollars that disappeared (the last ended up in the super of the school district losing his job -- the Seattle Times has asked for the current super to either resign or be fired).