When informed about
actual average teacher salaries in their state, respondents» support for higher salaries dropped by 16 percentage points (from 56 to 40 percent).
Not exact matches
The authors find that if the RIF - notified
teachers made the
average salary in their district, it would only be necessary to lay off 1,349
teachers in order to attain the same budgetary savings, or roughly 20 percent less than the
actual number of
teachers who received layoff notices.
Rules like the so - called comparability loophole — which allows districts to use
average instead of
actual teacher salaries for budget calculations — mean federal dollars are not getting to the schools and students who need them the most.
In fact, many of these districts even «bill» their high - poverty schools for the
average teacher salary instead of the
actual (and usually much lower)
salaries they are paying to their often brand - new, less - qualified
teachers.
In Houston, as in so many urban districts, the accounting system pretends that every
teacher earns the
average salary of
teachers in the district rather than accounting for the
actual costs of the
salaries at a particular school.
Under current law, districts can compute comparability using
average teacher salaries or
teacher - to - student ratios instead of
actual expenditures on
teacher salaries.
On
average, Education Next / PEPG survey respondents underestimated
average teacher salaries in their state by more than $ 14,000, nearly one - third of the
actual average salaries of $ 47,000.
Using
actual rather than
average teacher salaries in site - based budgeting would not solve the problem highlighted in the report, namely, that disadvantaged schools are staffed by cheaper, less - experienced
teachers who leave quickly, keeping
salary spending low (and inequitable).
Average district per - pupil spending does not always capture staffing and funding inequities.14 Many districts do not consider
actual teacher salaries when budgeting for and reporting each school's expenditures, and the highest - poverty schools are often staffed by less - experienced
teachers who typically earn lower
salaries.15 Because educator
salaries are, by far, schools» largest budget item, schools serving the poorest children end up spending much less on what matters most for their students» learning.
According to OUSD, the reason they use
average not
actual salaries in the base allocation is to prevent principals from hiring new
teachers instead of experienced
teachers for financial reasons — although
actual salaries were used several years ago.
On
average, states and districts are contributing 4.9 percent of
teacher salaries toward
actual benefit costs.
Best Practices Spotlight: Budgeting for Equity:
Average vs. Actual Teacher Salaries An infographic by Allovue and Reason Foundation explains the differences between allocating funding based on average and actual teacher salaries and how this ultimately affects
Average vs.
Actual Teacher Salaries An infographic by Allovue and Reason Foundation explains the differences between allocating funding based on average and actual teacher salaries and how this ultimately affects e
Actual Teacher Salaries An infographic by Allovue and Reason Foundation explains the differences between allocating funding based on average and actual teacher salaries and how this ultimately affects
Teacher Salaries An infographic by Allovue and Reason Foundation explains the differences between allocating funding based on average and actual teacher salaries and how this ultimately affects
Salaries An infographic by Allovue and Reason Foundation explains the differences between allocating funding based on
average and actual teacher salaries and how this ultimately affects
average and
actual teacher salaries and how this ultimately affects e
actual teacher salaries and how this ultimately affects
teacher salaries and how this ultimately affects
salaries and how this ultimately affects equity.
Staff - based school budgets are based on an
average teacher salary instead of
actual teacher salaries