I’m just going to talk about this for a minute and then move on because I’m pretty sure everyone who cares is aware of this issue by now.
I’m also sure that everyone who doesn’t care about it and/or doesn’t believe it isn’t going to listen to anything I say, regardless of the data backing up my statements.
According to a recent study by the Economic Policy Institute, teachers make about 76.5 cents on the dollar compared to their peers in other comparable professions.
On average, teachers make about 23.5% less than their peers. Unless you’re a teacher in Colorado. Then the gap increases to 35.9%.
Also disturbing, teachers’ inflation-adjusted weekly wages since 1996 have been flat. Flat.
Considering what teachers have been through the past 2.5 years, you’d think something would have changed.
Unfortunately, it hasn’t. I wonder if it ever will.
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References:
Teacher pay penalty reaches record high. What’s at stake? (2022, August 22). EdSurge. https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-08-22-teacher-pay-penalty-reaches-record-high-what-s-at-stake
The teacher pay penalty has hit a new high: Trends in teacher wages and compensation through 2021. (n.d.). Economic Policy Institute. Retrieved October 4, 2022, from https://www.epi.org/publication/teacher-pay-penalty-2022/