Policy by the Numbers: Teacher Salary Project

Teacher Salary Project

Friday, March 9, 2012

Lumina Foundation7,000 students drop out of school every day

68% of college students said they would consider teaching if paid more than 50% of the occupations they were considering.

Teachers are paid 14% less than other professionals with similar training.

92.4% of teachers use their own money to buy supplies.

Every year in the U.S., 14% of teachers leave the profession, and in urban areas, 20% leave. This turnover costs the country $7 billion dollars each year, and threatens the ability of individual schools and communities to thrive.

An alarming 62% of teachers have second jobs outside the classroom to make ends meet.

In 1970, starting teachers earned $2,000/year less than starting attorneys in NYC. Today, a starting teacher earns $45K and a starting attorney earns $160K.

bashingAmerican Teacheronline resource

1.8 of our 3.2 million teachers2011 Gates Foundation and Scholastic study
posted by Nínive Calegari, a former public school teacher, co-producer of American Teacher Project and co-founder of 826 Valencia and 826 National.

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