If You Can Read This, Thank a Non-Teacher?
I’ve spent a lot of time and space the last few weeks writing about the number of teachers vs. the number of students. Jay P. Greene goes a step further and notes the real boom in education hiring has been among non-teachers – not just administrators, but support staff, secretaries, custodians, specialists, counselors, aides, you name it.
Jay’s blog post cites the National Center for Education Statistics finding that in 1950 American public schools employed one non-teacher for every 2.36 teachers. In 2007, there are almost as many non-teachers as teachers.
How this works out at the state level is best illustrated by the New York State Public School Report Card for 2008-09, which on page 4 disaggregates staffing numbers in a pair of tables (I combine the relevant numbers from two tables here):
Jay’s blog post cites the National Center for Education Statistics finding that in 1950 American public schools employed one non-teacher for every 2.36 teachers. In 2007, there are almost as many non-teachers as teachers.
How this works out at the state level is best illustrated by the New York State Public School Report Card for 2008-09, which on page 4 disaggregates staffing numbers in a pair of tables (I combine the relevant numbers from two tables here):
