[Vision2020] Paper on the Teachers' Salary Grid

Tom Hansen thansen@moscow.com
Mon, 17 Feb 2003 11:36:35 -0800


Ms. Debbie gray stated:

> http://www.aft.org/research/survey99/figures.html which discusses a
> variety of topics such as 'the share of teachers salary as a percentage of
> school budgets is the lowest in 30 years'. What does that throw into the
> debate?

I interpret this to mean that although the cost of goods (i.e. materials
needed to provide public education) has kept up with the annual increases of
inflation, the cost of services (i.e. teachers' salaries) hasn't.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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