Not exact matches
While the overall employer contribution rate for public
school teachers is higher than for
private - sector professionals, the group
average may mask differences between
teachers who are and are not covered by Social Security.
In Hyderabad,
private schools, including the unrecognized ones, had significant advantages over the government
schools: the
average pupil -
teacher ratio was 42:1 in government
schools compared with only 22:1 in the unrecognized and 27:1 in the recognized
private schools.
Education Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Hill touted DeVos» visits to 12 public, charter,
private, religious and military
schools — «an
average of one per week» — as evidence that «the Secretary is engaging with students, parents,
teachers and leaders to deliver the President's vision of ensuring every child in America has the equal opportunity to receive a world - class education.»
On
average, public
school teachers receive higher salaries and more benefits than
private school teachers.
Warped opinions about our nation's public
schools include: they are inferior to
private schools; they are among the worst in the world in math and science;
teachers should be fired if their students don't score at the national
average, and on and on.
As of November 2016,
private school teachers made an
average of $ 39,996 a year, with a range that spans from $ 24,688 to $ 73,238.
In an article in the latest edition of Cato Journal, Andrew Coulson notes that, on
average, compensation of public
school teachers is about 42 percent higher than their counterparts teaching in non-unionized
private schools.
Public
school teachers are paid 61 % more per hour than
private school teachers, on
average nationwide.
Recent data from PayScale show that
teachers at
private high
schools earn about $ 49,000 on
average, while their counterparts at public
schools earn an
average of $ 49,500.
It is also true that, on
average, charter and
private school teachers do not enjoy the salaries and benefits that their public counterparts do.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics,
private school teachers on
average earn $ 10,000 — $ 15,000 less than a comparable public
school teacher.
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics,
teacher assistants make an
average annual salary of $ 24,900 per year and can expect a job growth rate of 6 % through 2024.1
Private and public
schools, day care centers, and religious institutions hire
teacher assistants.
In fact, the value of fringe benefits (as a percentage of wages) for the
average public -
school teacher is more than double the benefits package received by the typical worker in a large
private - sector firm.
In New York City, where 38 % of charters are in
private space,
schools spend on
average $ 2,350 per pupil (17 % of total) on their buildings — dollars that would otherwise pay for
teachers, guidance counselors and instructional materials, among other things.