The teaching penalty

• Published in: Dollars & Sense no. 255; p. 5
• Main Author: Schare, Adria
• Format: Newsletter Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: Somerville Economic Affairs Bureau 01.09.2004
• Subjects: Company financing; Employment; Finance; Teachers; Teaching; Wages & salaries; United States

According to a new book by the Economic Policy Institute Pay for the nation's teachers is considerably lower than for other workers with similar education and skills, and that wage gap grew larger over the last decade. Evidence of the wage gap comes at a time when the No Child Left Behind act i...