And why wouldn't the Tribune want our children to have
experienced teachers with advanced degrees, accomplishments which are valued in every other profession?
The salary gap between
experienced teachers with advanced degrees and other similarly educated college graduates is now more than $ 32,000.
Not exact matches
In addition,
advanced degrees coupled
with teaching
experience will provide the
teacher with a faster track to a headship in their department.
Their peers» average test scores are about 0.15 standard deviations higher, and the new schools have higher - quality
teachers, measured in terms of the fraction of
teachers with less than three years»
experience, the fraction that are new to the school that year, the percentage of
teachers with an
advanced degree, and the share of
teachers who attended a «highly competitive» college as defined by the Barron's rankings.
It's long been one of management's sore points
with teacher salary guides — that
teachers are paid specific salaries not just based on their years of
experience but also on their
advanced degrees,
with higher salaries depending on whether a
teacher has earned a bachelor's, master's or doctoral
degree.
In Boston Public Schools, holding a master's
degree can result in a salary bump of more than $ 3,000 for new
teachers, and more than $ 5,000 for those
with many years of
experience compared to educators who don't have an
advanced degree, according to a Boston Public Schools
In Boston Public Schools, holding a master's
degree can result in a salary bump of more than $ 3,000 for new
teachers, and more than $ 5,000 for those
with many years of
experience compared to educators who don't have an
advanced degree, according to a Boston Public Schools 2015 salary schedule.
I think that's why
advanced degrees in general are so valuable — because you have access to
experienced professionals as
teachers and an amazing disparateness
with regards to who you spend your dinners and late nights
with.