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Incredible that none of the "solutions" proposed involves actually paying the teachers more...

by kitchi 4y ago

screye 4y ago
Every profession in the US is paid more in absolute dollar amounts than equivalent professions in other countries. Teachers in California are especially well paid. The problem arises when the biggest expense (housing) is bottlenecked by nimby landlords. So raising salaries boundlessly is just going to make for richer landlords. Good public transport and housing access take away the 2 biggest expenses for any family. (California has good public schools, so not counting education). Add healthcare to that, and suddenly you don't need to be making tech wages to lead a decent life.
- linksnapzz 4y ago
  Fixing CA's housing and public transit issues is perhaps beyond the remit of the Milpitas school district. Paying what might look like an absurd salary to teachers (especially if you come from a cheaper area) to cover their housing is at least a plausible solution, if the employer can swing it. I wonder if it might be possible for the municipality to use eminent domain + a bond measure to acquire a parcel. This could be developed into condos for cops & teachers, owned by the city and rented at a subsidized rate to public employees for the term of their employment + six months.
  - toomuchtodo 4y ago
    Alternatively, take the least desired city owned parcel and upzone it; gov services in the lower floors, housing in the upper floors. Build as high as economically reasonable. I very much like your idea by the way! Complex problems occasionally require creative solutions.
  - toomuchtodo 4y ago
    Check this out! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/teacher-shortage-california-low-cost-apartments/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/teacher-shortage-california-low... > "There's been times when we didn't have a math teacher, or we didn't have a language teacher," Megan Carey, the principal of Terra Nova High School, located just south of San Francisco, told CBS News. > The reason? "High cost of living — 100%!" she said. > Now, her school district is trying something new: affordable housing on school property. It's a 122-unit apartment complex that was approved by local voters and built for teachers and staff on property owned by the Jefferson Union High School District.
- rayiner 4y ago
  California has among the worst public schools in the nation, especially for minorities: https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/profiles/stateprofile?chort=1&sub=MAT&sj=&sfj=NP&st=MN&year=2019R3 https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/profiles/stateprofile?chor...

Incredible that none of the "solutions" proposed involves actually paying the teachers more...

by kitchi 4y ago

Incredible that none of the "solutions" proposed involves actually paying the teachers more...

Every profession in the US is paid more in absolute dollar amounts than equivalent professions in other countries. Teachers in California are especially well paid. The problem arises when the biggest expense (housing) is bottlenecked by nimby landlords. So raising salaries boundlessly is just going to make for richer landlords. Good public transport and housing access take away the 2 biggest expenses for any family. (California has good public schools, so not counting education). Add healthcare to that, and suddenly you don't need to be making tech wages to lead a decent life.

linksnapzz 4y ago
Fixing CA's housing and public transit issues is perhaps beyond the remit of the Milpitas school district. Paying what might look like an absurd salary to teachers (especially if you come from a cheaper area) to cover their housing is at least a plausible solution, if the employer can swing it. I wonder if it might be possible for the municipality to use eminent domain + a bond measure to acquire a parcel. This could be developed into condos for cops & teachers, owned by the city and rented at a subsidized rate to public employees for the term of their employment + six months.
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  Alternatively, take the least desired city owned parcel and upzone it; gov services in the lower floors, housing in the upper floors. Build as high as economically reasonable. I very much like your idea by the way! Complex problems occasionally require creative solutions.
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  Check this out! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/teacher-shortage-california-low-cost-apartments/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/teacher-shortage-california-low... > "There's been times when we didn't have a math teacher, or we didn't have a language teacher," Megan Carey, the principal of Terra Nova High School, located just south of San Francisco, told CBS News. > The reason? "High cost of living — 100%!" she said. > Now, her school district is trying something new: affordable housing on school property. It's a 122-unit apartment complex that was approved by local voters and built for teachers and staff on property owned by the Jefferson Union High School District.
rayiner 4y ago
California has among the worst public schools in the nation, especially for minorities: https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/profiles/stateprofile?chort=1&sub=MAT&sj=&sfj=NP&st=MN&year=2019R3 https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/profiles/stateprofile?chor...