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To: combjelly who wrote (324974)	2/7/2007 11:52:49 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1578250

Pay gap "Who, on average, is better paid -- public school teachers or architects? How about teachers or economists? You might be surprised to learn that public school teachers are better paid than these and many other professionals. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, public school teachers earned $34.06 per hour in 2005, 36 percent more than the hourly wage of the average white-collar worker. ... "In the popular imagination, however, public school teachers are underpaid. 'Salaries are too low. We all know that,' noted First Lady Laura Bush, expressing the consensus view. 'We need to figure out a way to pay teachers more.' ... "[H]igher teacher pay seems to have no effect on raising student achievement. Metropolitan areas with higher teacher pay do not graduate a higher percentage of their students than areas with lower teacher pay. "In fact, the urban areas with the highest teacher pay are famous for their abysmal outcomes. Metro Detroit leads the nation, paying its public school teachers, on average, $47.28 per hour. ... In metro New York, public school teachers make $45.79 per hour. ... And in Los Angeles teachers earn $44.03 per hour, 23 percent higher than other professionals in the area." -- Jay P. Greene and Marcus A. Winters, writing on "$34.06 an Hour," in Opinion Journal at www.opinion journal.com