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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s the problem: the most important years in a child’s education are k-5.  Yet, the lower third of every college graduating class go into teaching (if they go into elementary education at all).  See the issue?[/quote]

This is a long standing problem. In order to attract higher caliber students to education programs, teacher pay needs to be raised which just isn't happening. If you raise pay, then likely more higher achieving kids will want to study education in college.  [/quote]

MCPS teachers who are on a 10-month schedule (don't have to work 2 months/year) start at $54,038 and go up to $118,814 with experience:
https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/ersc/employees/pay/schedules/salary_schedule_current.pdf[/quote]

Ok now work out a budget for this new teacher who lives in MoCo and has 7% taken out automatically for a pension they may never vest in, who buys her own classroom supplies, etc.

Now do it for the married couple, both teachers, who are on year 10 and paying daycare expenses in MoCo.

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If each teacher is making 70-80k it’s very doable if you watch your housing costs. Many of us liv3 on that or less and are fine. [/quote]

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