Archive for June, 2007
Teacher Pay
In 2004-05, the national average for a teacher’s yearly salary was $47,602 according to the American Federation of Teachers. Now, I am sure that amount is higher today but I am too lazy to see any further information as this data is sufficient to make my point.
In Texas, teacher pay greatly varies. In the Dallas/Fort [...]
The New Immigration Issue
In the Texas Education Code, in Title 2: Public Education. under section § 4.001. PUBLIC EDUCATION MISSION AND OBJECTIVES, it states the following,
“The mission of the public education system of this state is to ensure that all Texas children have access to a quality education that enables them to achieve their potential and fully participate now [...]
The New Teacher Shortage
Ladies and Gentlemen, I respectfully submit to you that there is not a teacher shortage in Texas (or the U.S.). I will let you think about that for a moment…
The truth is, there are plenty of teachers in the marketplace but many of those teachers have left the profession for other jobs outside of education [...]
