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Actually, the PG gig is the better financially, because MOCO only pays $12,000 more per year, but housing is triple that.  So, if you teach in MOCO, you make 12k more, but it will be way more expensive for you to find housing near your work.  If you are single, you'll be able to rent an apartment in MOCO.  If you're single in PG, on the $60k, you'll be able to buy a house in a nice area (as I did) or if you don't want to buy, you can afford to rent a house or a bigger apartment and actually have money to travel.  In MOCO, that salary won't get you far.

Of course, you could work in MOCO and live in PG, but then you're commuting more and spending more in gas.

So considering cost of living, that $12k more you get to teach in MOCO doesn't amount to much.[/quote]

I don't spend 12K a year in gas, though.   I can live here in Hyattsville but work in Silver Spring, or even commute to Arlington.   Doesn't cost anything like $12K to commute. [/quote]

No, it doesn't cost 12k to commute, but commuting from hyattsville to arlington is rough.  And again, you don't know how those moco salaries are distributed.  the elementary teacher without a masters probably makes close to the same teaching in hyattsville or SS.

The average is less than 10k.  My point is, that's not a huge difference, especially given the much higher COL of MOCO.  I don't think the pay is the driving factor in whether a teacher chooses MOCO over PG.  I think that perhaps a bigger issue is how they are supported by the administration, et cetera, and that varies by school.  some PG schools aren't as crowded as some MOCO schools.  Of course, I imagine some MOCO schools might have a more supportive administration.

But again, it's not the pay.  There isn't a big gap.  Not to mention, the Howard county average is about the same as PG!  And Howard county schools are rated highly, have high scores.

The answer to improving PG schools isn't necessarily increasing teacher pay, because I don't think that their pay is low relative to other counties.[/quote]

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