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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
Teachers get paid shit and no one can deny that. No one wants to become a teacher anymore so the would be best in the buisness go off in different fields.
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This is often repeated, but I'm not sure I believe it. There are lots of teachers in my family. All of them are able to lead solid middle class lives. I briefly considered teaching when I graduated from college. I had no certificate, so I was only qualified to work in a private school. Those private schools really did pay shit to beginning teachers.
I know that teacher pay varies wildly by location, but in my hometown, Arlington, VA, a beginning teacher get $42K, the average teacher salary is $69K and the max teacher salary is $91K. I don't think they are underpaid. See page 37 of
this report for all the jurisdictions in the DC area. By the way, Prince George's County, which is a high crime area in Maryland, with many minorities, has a similar pay scale. Beginners $41K, Average $55K and max $84K. Those schools are worse than Arlington's schools, so it's not just about money.