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> For instance, at many public schools, teachers with master's degrees in education earn more than those without them. Funny that the author should use an educ

> For instance, at many public schools, teachers with master's degrees in education earn more than those without them. Funny that the author should use an education degree as an example of a non-scam. Yes, it might have a positive return on income because of competition by credential-ism, but almost any teacher will privately confide that the majority of what they study for their degree is worthless drivel. A teacher could be trained much cheaper with a short course and then as an apprentice to an experienced teacher for a half a year. [*] I'm not questioning the need for domain knowledge; a high school science teacher should have taken science courses. Irrationally, a high school science teacher typically has massively more "education" coursework than science.

temp8964 4y ago
> Irrationally, a high school science teacher typically has massively more "education" coursework than science. This is not true. A high school science teacher usually has more science coursework than education coursework. Usually, they have a bachelor's degree in a science field, and then complete a teacher preparation program, which is much shorter than the bachelor's degree.
derevaunseraun 4y ago
> Irrationally, a high school science teacher typically has massively more "education" coursework than science. Source? All the science teachers I had from middle school onward had genuine qualifications. One of them left the country to work at CERN. Wasn't a super rich district either