A new survey by researchers at Sam Houston State University shows that the percentage of teachers who held second jobs this past school year was the highest in the three decades that the study has been conducted."
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
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Growing number of Texas teachers take on second - and third - jobs | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | News: Education: "More and more Texas teachers are struggling to pay their bills. Just ask the four in 10 teachers – a record number – who moonlighted this year.
A new survey by researchers at Sam Houston State University shows that the percentage of teachers who held second jobs this past school year was the highest in the three decades that the study has been conducted."
A new survey by researchers at Sam Houston State University shows that the percentage of teachers who held second jobs this past school year was the highest in the three decades that the study has been conducted."
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My wife is a teacher here in Fort Worth. The *average* salary for first-year teachers up here is around 40 grand.
I can't speak for what salaries are out in the hinterlands, but come on! 40k for an entry level job?
State minimum (probably about what most of the hinterlands pay) is $27,320 for a first-year teacher.
In New York the problem isn't the salary, Graham, but the constant need to "teach to the test."
My wife is glad she's out of it after 34 years.
Jeff
That sounds about what it is here, Bill, for elementary school teachers. Not sure about other levels.
When was in high school (about 20 years ago, gulp!), many of my teachers had summer jobs. It was the only way they could afford to live reasonably well, and send their kids to college. It was always hard to imagine the head of our history dept. painting houses in the summer...
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