If you offer higher compensation, you expand your pool of qualified applicants.
at a significant cost. and how do you think families would feel sending their kids to a school where the teachers made 6 figure salaries? you really think that would endear middle class families to educators, whose salaries they pay? i don't think it would.
you won't have to hire kids right out of college.
why wouldn't you hire kids right out of college?
You can afford to be more selective
thats the problem though. state budgets are in the red.
We don't tell brain surgeons that they should accept less compensation because they are doing good work, why should we do the same with teachers?
if brain surgeons were government employees we would. thats just the price you pay for working on the back of the taxpayers. and furthermore, it takes a lot more skill, training, and education to become a brain surgeon.
people see teachers (and some other professions) as doing charity work that doesn't need to be compensated at the same level as other skilled professionals
charity work? what are you talking about? teachers get paid good salaries with excellent benefits. that is not charity work. furthermore, other professionals are not paid through taxes.
Because lately I hear a lot of complaining about lazy, poorly qualified teachers that get a free ride along with other public sector employees
i don't. i hear people who are fed up with their union though.
We don't feel that way about highly-paid executives and so don't feel strange awarding them huge compensation
because we aren't mandated to pay those bonuses. if you dont' like a big CEO bonus, don't purchase their products.
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Date: 20/2/11 20:08 (UTC)at a significant cost. and how do you think families would feel sending their kids to a school where the teachers made 6 figure salaries? you really think that would endear middle class families to educators, whose salaries they pay? i don't think it would.
you won't have to hire kids right out of college.
why wouldn't you hire kids right out of college?
You can afford to be more selective
thats the problem though. state budgets are in the red.
We don't tell brain surgeons that they should accept less compensation because they are doing good work, why should we do the same with teachers?
if brain surgeons were government employees we would. thats just the price you pay for working on the back of the taxpayers. and furthermore, it takes a lot more skill, training, and education to become a brain surgeon.
people see teachers (and some other professions) as doing charity work that doesn't need to be compensated at the same level as other skilled professionals
charity work? what are you talking about? teachers get paid good salaries with excellent benefits. that is not charity work. furthermore, other professionals are not paid through taxes.
Because lately I hear a lot of complaining about lazy, poorly qualified teachers that get a free ride along with other public sector employees
i don't. i hear people who are fed up with their union though.
We don't feel that way about highly-paid executives and so don't feel strange awarding them huge compensation
because we aren't mandated to pay those bonuses. if you dont' like a big CEO bonus, don't purchase their products.