Re What Happened To All The Teachers?

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: "Jonathan S. Shapiro" <jonathan.s.shapiro () gmail com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re What Happened To All The Teachers?
> Date: August 26, 2017 at 4:31:25 PM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
>
> [For IP]
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> Three years ago I considered certifying for K-12 teaching in WA state, and spent some time looking at the 
> requirements.In most states, certification anywhere in the K-12 range requires either an undergraduate or a graduate 
> degree in teaching and a significant classroom practicum.
>
> So keeping in mind that we are talking about people with graduate degrees, what do these people get paid?
>
> The Lake Washington School District (which is in King County) has among the best-paid teachers in the State of 
> Washington. The salary table is public. You can find it here 
> <http://new.lwsd.org/uploaded/Website/Employment/PDFs/LWEA-2017-18-Salary-Summary.pdf>. The top figure for base 
> salary is $64,704. I'm guessing that's the district superintendent rather than a classroom teacher.
>
> Note that the Department of Housing and Urban Development says that $72,000 is considered a "low income" salary for a 
> family of four in King County in 2017.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Jonathan Shapiro




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