In summary, based on 1) no evidence of a salary penalty when controlling for AFQT rather than years of education, 2) job switchers receiving higher salaries as teachers than as nonteachers, and 3) public school teachers receiving higher
salaries than private school teachers, we conclude that the standard regression is, at best, highly misleading.
Not exact matches
The
school boards group also urges a statewide freeze on government
salaries - which would save billions without laying off a single employee or cutting back a single service - and requiring all workers to pay at least 10 % of their health insurance costs, which is less
than most
private - sector workers shell out.
We begin with an oft - cited data point: after controlling for differences in education, experience, race, gender, marital status, and other earnings - related characteristics, public
school teachers receive considerably lower total annual
salaries than private workers.
It is also instructive to note that teachers working in
private schools quit teaching at a much higher rate
than their counterparts in public
schools, and almost two - thirds of these leavers rank an increase in
salary to be very or extremely important in any possible decision to return to teaching.
It stipulated that a teacher coming into the system from any other
school district (either public or
private) could not be given
salary credit for more
than five years of previous teaching experience.
They also found that
salaries in
private schools correspond to aptitude and scarce skills (such as math and science skills) more
than they do in public
schools.
Indeed, if anything, absenteeism increases with
salary (and it is higher in public
schools than in
private schools, despite lower wages in the latter).
On average, public
school teachers receive higher
salaries and more benefits
than private school teachers.
Rather
than using the
private funds to supplement an art teacher's
salary at one given
school, for example, a local art museum can increase programming for the entire district.
Historically,
private school teachers
salaries have been paid less
than those in the public
school sector.
Teachers at boarding
schools generally earn less
than those at
private day
schools because part of their
salary is in the form of room and board, which accounts for about 25 - 35 % of their income.
Private school teachers generally earn less
than their public
school counterparts, with teachers at parochial
schools at the lowest end of the
salary range.
We conclude that public -
school teacher
salaries are comparable to those paid to similarly skilled
private sector workers, but that more generous fringe benefits for public -
school teachers, including greater job security, make total compensation 52 percent greater
than fair market levels, equivalent to more
than $ 120 billion overcharged to taxpayers each year.
... public -
school teacher
salaries are comparable to those paid to similarly skilled
private sector workers, but that more generous fringe benefits for public -
school teachers, including greater job security, make total compensation 52 percent greater
than fair market levels, equivalent to more
than $ 120 billion overcharged to taxpayers each year.
If it's less
than the
salaries of public -
school teachers in your area (a figure any
private school should also know), be suspicious.