Teachers in Texas writing their wills before classes begin again

[T'Chenka]

Sacrificing grandma the American education system [/S] to own the libs.

If teachers want to have a higher salary, they should ask for smaller pensions as a trade. Pensions cost the state more money beforehand than a simple salary raise does.

Maybe states could pay teachers a respectable wage AND give them a pension? Radical idea, I know.

[T'Chenka]

Sacrificing grandma the American education system to own the libs.

It's time for you to check out, man.

The evidence - scientific, health and economic - suggests overwhelmingly for schools to reopen in the fall.  Scientists are recommending it.  Liberals and are politicizing the issue

LOL!

When have Republicans ever given a s___ about what scientists have to say, unless it happens to agree with their talking points?

[T'Chenka]

Maybe states could pay teachers a respectable wage AND give them a pension? Radical idea, I know.

Canada and America pay very similar salaries to teachers based on GDP (PPP). However, the average annual pension for a Canadian teacher after ~35 years of service is less than $38,000. The average annual pension for an American teacher after ~35 years of service is $75,000.

I’m not exactly saying to abolish teacher pensions. But we have the fourth highest starting teacher salaries, the fifth highest salaries after fifteen years of experience, and the ~3rd highest teacher pensions in the world. The average teacher, retiring before or at the age of 60, can expect an annual income three to four times that of the average person over the age of 65. That is a stunning gap. The only equivalent to it? A Brigadier General who has served forty years in Active Duty would have a similar pension.

This is interesting. Explain something to me though..  why are there lots of teachers struggling in America? I can't share URLs as I'm mostly just going from memory of news stories.

By the way, Florida’s entry level engineer salaries is in the $45-50k area, the exact same as Floridams entry level teacher salaries. But saying teachers deserve the same base pay as lawyers, doctors, accountants, and engineers is nonsense. When teachers begin saying $60-70,000 annually isn’t enough money, plus a gigantic pension, they sound out of touch. That’s double what the average American makes. There’s a reason public sector unions like for police and teachers are unpopular.

I think a more appropriate comparison is USA teachers versus other teachers (which you provided), instead of USA teachers vs other USA careers.