

“If you wanted to hold everything else equal, and pay teachers more, you would need higher taxes for states, or maybe higher local levies, more property taxes locally,” said Marguerite Roza, director of Georgetown’s Edunomics Lab. She found that dissatisfied teachers are more likely to consider quitting, and that improving pay, hours, and workplace conditions could keep them engaged. “I think it means teachers feel dissatisfied with their jobs,” said Elizabeth Steiner, one of the survey’s authors. download or rent watch the movie online or download it for offline viewing. The survey found that teachers on average want a $17,000 raise - the equivalent of a 27% pay hike. Apple TV YouTube RELATED: Shrek Movies in Order: The Complete Green. The RAND study is called “All Work and No Pay.” Two teachers unions funded the research the report is based on, but didn’t have any editorial control over the conclusions.

Teachers are also unhappy with how much they’re working: 53 hours a week during the school year, on average. That’s compared with about 60% of all working adults. Just a third of public school teachers feel their base salary is adequate, according to a survey out today from RAND.
