``... if pay were more aligned with both effectiveness and experience, it would be quite possible to see
overall salaries of teachers raised significantly from current levels — reflecting their enormous impact on students, on the incomes of students and on economic growth.»
Not exact matches
According to her analysis, schools with full pay autonomy may not be using this to increase the
salaries of physics
teachers — potentially because
of «an aversion to within - school pay inequality» or because
of the «
overall squeeze on state school funding».
It is important to keep in mind, however, that the differences observed between all
of these groups are dwarfed by the
overall gap between the public's understanding
of school expenditures and
teacher salaries, and the truth.
Because veteran
teachers earn higher
salaries than less experienced
teachers, changing
teacher experience levels account for some
of the stagnation in
overall teacher salaries.
Teacher salaries are often 70, even 80 per cent
of a school organisation's
overall budget - that is a huge amount
of money being allocated to human capital.
Democrats are more supportive than Republicans
of increasing
teacher salaries and especially
overall school spending, for which the difference in average positions is larger than 0.5 on the 5 - point scale.
A citizens» task force has recommended, in a report commissioned by the Connecticut Board
of Education, that the state increase
salaries and create career ladders to recognize competence as part
of an
overall effort to attract and keep qualified
teachers in the state.
Overall, in 1937 — 38, the average
salary of African American
teachers was $ 526, slightly more than half the $ 1,019 average
of white
teachers.
Thousands
of Arizona
teachers gathered outside their schools Wednesday morning wearing red shirts, chanting and carrying protest signs to show solidarity in their demand for higher
salaries and better
overall school funding from the state.
Overall,
teacher salaries in U.S. secondary schools make up about 55 percent
of total education expenditures, notably lower than the 63 percent average
of OECD countries.
It's difficult to know how this ratio
of dollars spent on
teacher salaries to
overall operating budget compares to other school districts as current financial transparency requirements do not report
salary expenditures at this «granular» a level.
Title II, Part A funds can also, as part
of an
overall strategy to improve
teacher quality, be used for
teacher incentives — for example, to provide stipends for
teachers recruited for hard - to - fill positions or to retain
teachers who have been effective in helping low - achieving students succeed — or for the
salaries of master
teachers who provide or coordinate professional - development services for other
teachers.
Cuts $ 163 million
of federal spending on Title II, funding designed to support
teachers: Sen. Alexander's bill decreases funding levels and misses an opportunity to increase investments to help states improve the
teacher pipeline, increase educator
salaries, offer better training and professional development, and put the teaching profession on an
overall higher pedestal similar to a doctor or lawyer.
And the reality
of comparatively low
salaries and minimal retirement benefits in many school districts coupled with the fact that most
teachers are not covered under Social Security has implications for stability and longevity in the
teacher workforce
overall.
With an average annual
salary of slightly more than $ 36,000 for new
teachers and slightly more than $ 58,000
overall, most
teachers are compensated less than they were 30 years ago, when adjusting for inflation.69 In addition,
teachers earn 60 percent
of what similarly educated professionals earn, which is much lower than in other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries.70 This has made it harder for schools to attract young people to the teaching profession and for high - need schools to attract excellent
teachers.
Following up on the RTI discussion as it relates to
overall teacher pay, Governor Haslam has proposed and the General Assembly has approved BEP
salary fund increases
of 4 % per year over the past three years.