> When benefits such as healthcare were taken into account, the total compensation penalty was 14%, the widest gap since 1979. So teachers are compensated 14%

> When benefits such as healthcare were taken into account, the total compensation penalty was 14%, the widest gap since 1979. So teachers are compensated 14% below what you'd expect for their education. In return, they get a permanent job that it is very difficult to be fired from, and "get" to work with kids. This doesn't seem far off from what should be expected? There will be professions paid less than average for as long as there are professions paid more than average. > “Educators are educating astronauts, physicists, doctors, lawyers, construction workers, plumbers, electricians,” says Cecily Myart-Cruz, the president of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA). “However, educators who have two and three and four degrees are not making enough or more than all of the professions that I brought forward.” LOL you're not educating any of those. (except construction) The people covered by teachers unions are, at best, preparing people for college. At worst, they're shitty babysitters.