Why Teachers Are Paid So Little In The U.S.

1. In the US, if you aren't a celebrity, an athlete or a politician, forget being paid much by the public.

2. 1 Students Tuition Fee: $100,000
   A class of 20 students tuition fee: $2,000,000
   Teacher’s Salary: $38,617

   I wonder where the rest of the money went? 🤔

3. The average FedEx ground driver makes about 50k with just a high school diploma

4. Andrew Biggs is a propagandist from a conservative think tank, American Enterprise Institute. He's not a "scholar" and he certainly isn't worth listening to.

5. Ray Westall. I'll never forget my 10th grade math teacher. I think of him now so much with all this Math for Nursing School.

6. Something to think about is that most teachers are only required to work 1,480 hours a year here in California most jobs work 2,080 hours a year.

7. Weak video. There’s no discussion of median incomes which is the source of their pay. Maybe these so called smart teachers should learn about economics and demographics and work in areas that have higher median incomes at a chance at higher pay. Do the research like anyone pursuing a higher pay with a better company. This is not ‘rocket science’!

   Too many want to be social justice warriors!

8. 내가 알바냐 ? 니들 관음에대해서도 눈감아주고 평생을 연기해줘야 하는데 , 니가 얼마를 벌던 내가 알바냐 ? 어차피 니는 니 남편 뭣대가리 붙잡고 살아가면서 불평하지마 .

   너희는 베이스가 쓰레기야.
   이 관음증 환자들아 .

   너희는 악마야 . 악마 .

9. i changed my degree in the midst of the semester to nursing. I see too many of my old teachers, cant even make it on texas teacher retirement. I love teaching, but sometimes its not worth it.

10. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

11. Because we are cheap.

12. Don't need teachers when we are importing educated people from elsewhere… USA kids have to sink or swim.

13. Teachers are basically baby sitters to prevent children from causing troubles while their parents are working for a living.

14. They only work half of the year lol…

15. 😢I

16. To be fair my teachers are legit getting paid 65k a year just to sit down and assign us assignments only 😂

17. Average American worker has a “compensated” year of 2080 hours, which is 260 days. Teachers, on the other hand, have an average of contract days at 184 days. That means they work 30% fewer days than the average worker PLUS get crazy awesome benefits (free or nearly free insurance, pensions, government loan programs, student loan forgiveness, etc.)

18. When you consider the % of the days of the year that they work, then it’s actually really good pay.
    That said, I’d be okay paying more if they work year round.

19. You pay a police officer because they keep your communities safe. A firefighter to save you from fires. A paramedic to apply first aid when you most need it.

    So why can't you pay a Teacher what is due to him/her? It is not about what they contribute today but how much will they contribute once that student becomes the Next Bill Gates. Or Barack Obama. Or Mark Zuckelberg.

    A Police officer makes sure that communities are safe. A teacher is responsible for that person becoming a Police Officer. So basically, ANYTHING that the Police Officer does for that community can be attributed back to the Teacher. That is how you should view the situation.

20. teachers are paid very well and only work 190 days a year

21. Sad part. Cities can afford to pay teachers more.

    Some school board members earn over 100k. Cities have money to build new buildings, make City Hall look super spiffy, upgrade down town. They can afford to pay teachers more with all the taxes they collect.

    We need less city leaders who take fat checks and more giving back to community they tax so heavily.

22. A low teacher salary ensures that the only people entering the profession do it because they love teaching, not because they’re a bag chaser looking for money

23. Because US politicians don't want education as that makes creating dictatorship of big government much harder. Low pay buys votes for one group while requiring all kinds of hate education buys votes from others. No time to really teach so blame teachers for kids not passing required tests as kids rule the classroom making teaching impossible.

24. It's because it's too socialized. Teachers need to be able to get paid more when they are really good.

25. They are paid what they are paid based on replaceability. I work as a consultant, but might have become a teacher instead if the pay were high enough, and if the wokesters didn't rule with an iron fist. It's not like i wouldn't be just as qualified as existing teachers.

    Teacher pay has not kept up with the feminist push to be single yet own a house and have children. It's a job that requires a separate breadwinner in the household.

26. You gotta be a fool to be a Teacher ….Living poor to have summers off is not a good trade, At least not for me..

27. And then… when the best teachers apply for roles of leadership and the parents support them in it.. and they do not get the position even when they are tremendously qualified, work so many hours beyond any 8 hour day, every day, have a proven track record of being a strong leader and … some crappy outside hire who bullies the students, ignores the parents and has only numbers on their mind is brought in.. time and again.
    Ya.
    We are the rulers of screwing over our own children, our own nation. This is what the ‘survival of the fittest, ya snooze ya lose, may the best man win’ mentality here in the states gets us.

28. The occupational licensing is chasing off teachers more than anything else. I'm the author of EIGHT DAYS IN AN INNER CITY SCHOOL

29. 2 teachers bought my home on Long Island, their combined income is north of $250K

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