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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am pro union and I don’t see it as the unions’ job to advocate for educational quality- their job is to advocate for the teachers’ interests.

It’s like expecting a union of Amazon workers to advocate for the customers- sorry that’s not their interest.  It is a worker organization.

If you want higher quality teachers then teaching should be a higher paid and more respected profession like it is in other advanced countries.  If it were a more competitive field you would see higher quality candidates.[/quote]

I will continue to dispute this. [b]Teacher pay in this region aligns with the pay to other government employees with similar education.[/b]

And no, teacher's unions do not limit their advocacy to protecting their workers. Their demands extend beyond workplace issues and they purport to speak for students and families. That's where they have overplayed their hands.[/quote]

Is that true though? Citation?

Regardless, if we want high-quality teachers (and better outcomes for kids) we should increase the pay/respect/prestige. 
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Here is the salary schedule for Montgomery County teachers.

[url]https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/ersc/employees/pay/schedules/fy21_mcea_salary_schedules.pdf[/url]

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OK. And? That doesn't show how it "aligns to government employees with similar education". 
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See above for comparison.

Also, here is the schedule for Maryland State employees.

[url]https://www.marylandtaxes.gov/statepayroll/Static_Files/Salary_Scales/January2021-Standard-Salary-Scale.pdf[/url]

To give you an idea, an entry level public defender in Maryland is Grade 20 and would make a starting annual salary of around $62,000.  People might debate whether a law degree is more difficult to obtain than a masters in education, but the point is that salaries are comparable, especially if you consider that teachers are paid for 10 months.

[url]https://www.jobapscloud.com/MD/specs/classspecdisplay.asp?ClassNumber=005430&R1=undefined&R3=undefined[/url][/quote]

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