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72 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 18h \ parent \ on: What would you consider a fair wage to be for a teacher? AskSN
Education degrees are by far the easiest to attain, so you have to deflate their value accordingly. Then, as others have noted, you have to account for the numerous non-monetary benefits of the job.
Do they cost less to attain? If not, it's kind of moot imo. They still have to invest as much into their education.
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How much they cost is irrelevant. That's a reason not to pursue it, not a justification for higher pay.
The strongest reason to pay them less is that teachers have very little to show for themselves. We have decades of very detailed data on education and future life outcomes. There's arguably no evidence to think teachers are making a positive difference. Outcomes are entirely explained by things like home environment and demographics.
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There's evidence that exceptional teachers cover more material than poor ones.
I'd think the argument would be to make the schooling more rigorous to become a teacher, not pay them less...
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There's not really much evidence that college improves aptitudes either, so that might just be pushing rope to push other rope.
I'd go the other way and reduce the cost of becoming a teacher. Almost none of the required college coursework is relevant to the job and for most grades any literate adult knows enough to lead a class.
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That's an exceptionally fair argument. I like it.
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