Monday, February 28, 2011

Why I Know Government Teachers Aren't Getting Underpaid

Because if they were, they would be working in  private education---for the theoretical higher pay,

7 comments:

  1. irrefutable logic...

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  2. I think you just proved everyone makes the same salary.

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  3. @Bob Murphy

    I'm not sure that's the case. From my limited knowledge, I understand that there are waiting lists for public school teacher positions. Not so with the private sector. This would suggest that public school teachers are over piad,

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  4. Here is SC, private school teachers make SIGNIFICANTLY less in pay, and often have little or no retirement or benefits.

    Most people do not want to be private school teachers, unless they have a spouse with a higher income to support them.

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  5. Obviously there's a hidden cost to sending your kid to a private school - the fact that you have to continue paying property taxes to fund the public school in addition to the private tuition. Even for those who can afford it, there's a disincentive to send one's kid to private school (the sense that you're paying taxes twice). Plus, since private schools' curricula have to be essentially government approved, they often are not offering a much better education; many times just one that includes religion. Not to mention the fact that it's all compulsory through 12th grade. So I'm not sure that private schools are operating in a competitive market where one would even expect higher wages, at least not prior to the college level.

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  6. I think we can all agree that no teachers are being paid the true market value for their services; many teachers are paid to much and many teachers are paid too little. It just depends on the state. The State's monopoly on education has falsely manipulated the demand for professional educators.

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  7. I sent my kids to a great private school (k-12) and found that their teachers were paid quite a bit less than public school counterparts. The teachers had a lot of freedom, and that was a big draw. The teachers were also very enthusiastic.

    My experience was that the curriculum was not essentially government approved. For instance, Kindergarten had a French immersion language program.

    Coming from public schools, a relatively minor yet mind-blowing aspect of a private school was that there no locks on lockers or doors because it was taught that it was not ethical to steal - incredible, if you think of it.

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