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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato
but I can tell you that public school grade teachers around here make ~50k/year with a masters degree. ~30k at private schools.
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Whether teachers are overpaid is speculation or a hypothesis tempered by significant examples. But Heritage Foundation did what was necessary to make honest or informed discussion impossible. Promoting the same hate and misinformation that Limbaugh uses. Whether teachers are overpaid or not might be discussed. But only after we first eliminate these outright lies and unsubstantiated conclusions intended only to subvert knowledge and intelligent conclusions.
This Heritage Foundation paper demonstrates what extremists do. Invent bogeyman (ie teachers) to promote dissention and their political agenda.
Pete Zicato provided more useful information in one sentence than the Heritage Foundation said in an entire paper. That (and not teacher pay) is, by far, more relevant. Because it says why so many wackos are attacking teacher's pay for political glory.
First year salary plus compensation for an MBA as reported by the Graduate Management Admission Council for different career fields in 2006:
Health Care: $111,477
Finance: $103,122
Consulting: $101,736
Energy/Utilities: $100,263
High Tech: $98,621
Manufacturing: $98,417
Products/Services: $94,558
Non-Profit/Government: $73,125
How many Christmas bonuses are paid to teachers?
$45,000 in NYC is poverty. Was that NY State or Manhattan?
Why did the Heritage Foundation forget to include these numbers? They are not preaching to people educated by teachers. They are preaching to those educated by Limbaugh and a political agenda. Which one teaches facts? And which one teaches hate?
Since the Heritage Foundation has decided to promote their hate as knowledge, then what did Sarah Palin, Eric Cantor, and Ann Coulter say about this?