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Where the hell is all this money going? It's certainly not to teachers, whose salaries have barely changed[1] when adjusted for inflation. Is it going to real e
by AlexandrB 3y ago
Where the hell is all this money going? It's certainly not to teachers, whose salaries have barely changed[1] when adjusted for inflation. Is it going to real estate costs? Technology costs? Administration? What?
[1] https://www.statista.com/chart/20979/public-school-teacher-salary-inflation/ https://www.statista.com/chart/20979/public-school-teacher-s...
- bequanna 3y agoPalatial buildings and sports field houses, bloated admin and special education aides.
- Workaccount2 3y agoBuying and supporting expensive laptops for every kid, with expensive education package subscriptions, all so kids can read a textbook on a screen instead of in a book.
- mcpackieh 3y agoGiving a bad teacher more money won't make them a better teacher. Maybe you can argue that offering more money to teachers will draw in qualified people from other professions, but this kind of solution can't be implemented in a vacuum. The bad teachers are already in the schools and cannot easily be fired because they're protected by politically powerful unions and furthermore, protected by a substantial portion of the public who hold school teachers on a pedestal and will resist any political move to make it easier to fire bad teachers.
- YetAnotherNick 3y agoThe 50% in 30 years is not inflation adjusted. So both of your graphs almost match without inflation.
- streptomycin 3y agoIt actually is inflation adjusted.