There's probably no single measure that really captures that information, but a good first step might be
comparing average teacher salaries to the median household income in each state.
The following chart from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
compares average teacher salaries in Tennessee to the national averages.
Not exact matches
The only difference
teachers saw was an increased amount of helping behavior in the popular children
compared to the
average children.
They were also preferred more by their
teachers compared to
average children.
Nationwide, states spent an
average of $ 6,903 per student on
teacher salaries that year,
compared to $ 14,769 in New York.
Schools in which
teachers showed high levels of collective efficacy had a 50 percent reduction in the academic disadvantage experienced by black students,
compared to schools where
teachers had
average levels, the study showed.
Thirty percent of sex education
teachers in Illinois never received formal sex education training,
compared with the national
average of 18 percent, says a University of Chicago report led by a medical doctor.
However, Australian
teachers commit less time overall to these activities
compared to the TALIS
average.
Furthermore, despite the increased participation,
compared to the TALIS
average fewer Australian
teachers reported that their learning experiences had a meaningful impact on their capabilities.
Approved by the district's board of education last week, the plan is expected to put millions more dollars into rewards for
teachers whose students show better - than -
average improvement
compared with similar groups of students.
Another way to make this same point is to think about
comparing initially low - performing
teachers to an
average brand - new
teacher.
She said analysis of Department for Education (DfE) sources show that the
average teacher was around # 4,000 a year worse off in 2016
compared to 2010.
On
average,
teachers in the city of 23 million people spend around a third of their time teaching in class — 14 hours per week
compared with the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS)
average of 19.3 hours per week.
Pupils from low income families had a 29 per cent chance of being rated below
average at reading by
teachers,
compared to 20 per cent of equally able classmates from high income backgrounds.
Based on data from the 1940 - 1990 U.S. censuses, it depicts the
average years of schooling possessed by a male or a female
teacher compared with the
average male or female nonteacher.
While good
teachers get similar gains
compared to
average teachers, those gains accrue just to the students in a single classroom.
From this set of occupations, I created a single, composite skilled occupation, computed the
average schooling for this occupation, and
compared that with the
average schooling of
teachers.
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.
This is largely due to poor starting salaries, however, the report did find that after 10 years experience
teachers in England do earn more than
average compared to other developed countries.
«Of course, many
teachers already know this but while calling children
average tells us a lot about their relative strengths and weaknesses
compared to other children, it tells us precious little about how an individual learns.»
On
average they experience a ten per cent fall in wages
compared to similar
teachers who remain in teaching.»
When asked to consider the issue of «insufficient time for
teachers to prepare for lessons», the figure was 67 per cent for Australia,
compared to the ICILS
average of 63 per cent.
Research (by Irenee Beattie, Josipa Roksa, and Richard Arum) that examined appellate court cases from 2000 to 2002 found that, on
average, those cases emerged from secondary schools with 29 percent nonwhite students
compared to 37 percent nonwhite students in the national population of secondary schools (the latter weighted for enrollment size to be comparable to the court case data); appellate cases also emanated from schools with more educational resources per student (student /
teacher ratios of 16.3
compared to 17.5 nationally).
The percentage of prospective
teachers who rate themselves as «above
average or in the top 10 percent» on a wide variety of traits has decreased since 1966,
compared with the responses of freshmen interested in other careers.
Do
teachers vote at high rates
compared with
average citizens?
A third - party evaluation conducted by Douglas Ready at
Teachers College found that students made annual academic gains equivalent to a half year of additional learning
compared to national
averages.
White
teachers were 9 percentage points less likely to expect a black student to earn a college degree than their black colleagues when both
teachers were evaluating the same student — on
average, 33 percent of black
teachers expected the student to finish college,
compared to 24 percent of white
teachers.
The EPI has warned that the long hours are hindering
teachers access to continuing professional development (CPD), as England's
teachers were found to spend an
average of four days a year on CPD,
compared to the OECD
average of 10.5 days.
For a
teacher earning the
average starting salary of $ 36,141 with a typical undergraduate loan balance, enrolling in an income - based plan would save her as much as $ 200 a month: she'd pay $ 100 — 150,
compared to $ 300 under the standard 10 - year repayment plan.
Even a modestly better than
average teacher (60th percentile) raises individual earnings by $ 5,300,
compared to what would otherwise be expected.
The NEU also states that the
average pay for all women
teachers is # 2,900 less than for their male counterparts (# 37,700
compared to # 40,660).
Rigorous studies consistently show that the impact of a more - effective
teacher is substantial A high - performing
teacher, one at the 84th percentile of all
teachers, when
compared with just an
average teacher, produces students whose level of achievement is at least 0.2 standard deviations higher by the end of the school year.
While Poland has The
Teachers» Charter, which guarantees special status to the teaching profession, a lower - than -
average proportion of educators consider that the «teaching profession is valued in society», when
compared to other countries participating in the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS).
Raj Chetty, a professor of economics at Harvard, in 2010 published a study that estimates that having an above -
average kindergarten
teacher in a classroom of 20 will generate about $ 320,000 more in total lifetime earnings for each of his or her students,
compared to the same class with a below -
average teacher.
However, amongst those schools that do succession plan, 43 per cent of senior
teachers said they focus their succession planning on the top three levels of management and below —
compared to the UK
average of 37 per cent.
By 2013, the state's student -
teacher ratio had reached 24 to 1,
compared to the national
average of 16 to 1.
The report looks at the
average base salary for
teachers with 10 or more years of experience in all fifty states,
comparing salary growth over time.
Despite the amount of time that
teachers spend working, student achievement in the U.S. remains
average in reading and science and slightly below
average in math when
compared to other nations in a separate OECD report.
Kane found that students «who are taught by a
teacher in the bottom 5 percent of competence lose 9.54 months of learning in a single year
compared to students with
average teachers,» the judge noted in his ruling.
On
average, over the past 10 years,
teacher salaries have increased 1.4 percent a year,
compared with 4 percent for health insurance and 7.8 percent for retirement.
On
average, a black student with a black
teacher in a school where more than two - thirds of the student - body is black is still more likely to experience exclusionary discipline,
compared to a black student assigned to a white
teacher in a school where black students accounted for less than a third of the student population.
But, somewhat surprisingly, when we
compare teachers and others with similarly high levels of education, we find that
teachers tend on
average to be less supportive of free - speech rights (see Figure 1).
Johanson et al. (2001) used comparison groups of mathematics and science students to look at student attitudes towards these subject areas; Shanahan et al. (2006)
compared results on state tests in mathematics of students of
teacher leaders with
average student scores at the district and state levels.
The rise in unqualified
teachers (4.5 per cent
compared with 3.7 per cent in 2013) could be part of the reason the
average classroom
teacher salary (# 34,300) went down by # 100 in 2013.
The report said the charter has a lean administrative staff and slightly larger classes — 31 students
compared with an
average of about 26 or 27 in district schools — so it can pour resources into
teacher pay and training.
Students in the process of becoming a
teacher in North Dakota should view this table that
compares the
average annual salaries of different teaching positions in North Dakota against the national
average using information provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
But it's important to note that the
average teacher works between 6 and 8 hours a day, 180 days per year —
compared to the
average college - educated worker, most of whom work over 8 hours a day and 240 - 250 days a year.
And in a year when the United Federation of
Teachers is making its «top legislative priority» a bill that would impose sanctions on charters that do not educate the same proportions of special needs kids
compared to district
averages (even though many district schools don't meet these same standards), one might expect the union would have something to say about the disturbing findings in this report.
Between 2010 and 2015, an
average of 10.5 per cent of non-retiring
teachers left teaching each year in London (around 4,000
teachers a year),
compared with the national
average of 7.5 per cent.
These required pension contributions will likely constrain the district from spending money on anything else, including field trips, classroom supplies, extra services for high - need students, technology, and raises, which is unfortunate because our
teachers remain underpaid
compared to the
average across Alameda County school districts.