teaching

["Jessica Weissman" <Jessica -dot- Weissman -at- hillcrestlabs -dot- com>]

Which meaning of "average" is meant here?  Mode, median, or mean?  I'd
be pretty wary of a Hoover Institution study to begin with, as I would
of a study from any think tank with a strongly identified political
position.  I'd to see Vedder's article and the BLS statistics for
myself.

The BLS definition of "professional specialty" is not particularly
intuitive, if I remember.  It includes some jobs that few others would
consider professional.  

And I'd be especially wary of comparing first year salaries in the
policy world to first year teacher salaries.  First year professionals
in the policy world are writing reports or helping others do so, not
bearing sole responsibility for 20 to 30 students with everybody from
parents to administrators to politicians breathing down their necks.  

Teachers may not be indigent (except perhaps in that Montana district),
but a pair of teachers working in a high cost of living district often
can't support a family and own a home in that district, at least until
the later stages of their careers.

For every example of a bad teacher you can cite I could cite an example
of a good one.  Anecdotes don't count for much.  Patterns do.

-  Jessica
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