An experiment in teacher pay PRI.ORG:
"The average salary for middle-school teachers is $46,000, according to the Department of Labor. But a charter school in New York's Washington Heights will be paying a salary of $125,000, trying to find out if better pay means a better education.
Zeke Vanderhoek, the founder and principal of the charter school The Equity Project (TEP).
Vanderhoek believes teacher quality is key to student achievement, and a higher salary will attract quality, 'The point of the money is two-fold: one, it really values outstanding people who are in teaching right now ... and opposed to simply paying lip-service to valuing them. And the other is the hope is it attracts a broader pool of candidates into teaching itself, and a more talented pool as a whole.'"
"The average salary for middle-school teachers is $46,000, according to the Department of Labor. But a charter school in New York's Washington Heights will be paying a salary of $125,000, trying to find out if better pay means a better education.
Zeke Vanderhoek, the founder and principal of the charter school The Equity Project (TEP).
Vanderhoek believes teacher quality is key to student achievement, and a higher salary will attract quality, 'The point of the money is two-fold: one, it really values outstanding people who are in teaching right now ... and opposed to simply paying lip-service to valuing them. And the other is the hope is it attracts a broader pool of candidates into teaching itself, and a more talented pool as a whole.'"
