Oklahoma Teachers Salary

I can personally say that I have had teachers put in so much extra time to help me, because I was struggling in class. They aren’t getting paid for the extra time they put in; they just do it because they care about the future of their students. If we didn’t have teachers who care for the future of young kids then Oklahoma’s education system would be no existent, we would be dead last and on the brink of having the worst economy in the United States. I have grown up and lived in Norman Oklahoma my whole life and I don’t want to see our education system crumble into nothing or just barely hang on and struggle like we have been for a long time now. I want to see our education system start to work its way to the top and see the teachers who have taught me since I was in Kindergarten finally get paid the salary they deserve. I have traveled all over and have been to more than 30 states and multiple countries and I can honestly say that Oklahoma has some of the most caring, hardworking, genuine, give the shirt off their own back kind of people. So we need to start acting like it and come together as a community and raise the salaries of the people who are some of the most compassionate and caring humans around and that’s our teachers. Some people would say that they are the backbone of our community because they are the ones grooming the kids who will someday run the community and

In taking a brief look at the Oklahoma education system, one need not look far before issues of significant underfunding and understaffing come directly into view. Many different proposals regarding what Oklahoma needs to do to resolve this problem have been suggested in the past, but very few of these proposals outline an answer regarding how these fixes will be implemented. How Oklahoma's educational system can increase the effectiveness of its limited funding is something that can be addressed with simple cost-effective steps and strategies that have proven their effectiveness in other states. Additionally, the issue of understaffing can be looked at from a fresh perspective in order to understand what the Oklahoma education system can do to bring in new teachers and keep these teachers. Finally, in joining with national-level movements and interest groups such as the National Education Association which can help with budgetary issues and Teach for America which can help to bring in new, trained and enthusiastic teachers into areas of Oklahoma that have seen poor performance from students in the past.

When people think of Texas many might think of a rich and flourishing economy. With that thriving economy in mind, people may associate a great over all public school system in place. Unfortunately for Texans this not the case. In a 2016 report Texas ranks 43rd among the other states national k-12 education rankings (Fechter 2016). The determination of the ranking included 3 variables, chance for success, school finance, and K-12 achievement (Fechter 2016). The news is worse for the Corpus Christi Independent School District. According to Murphy & Daniel (2015), CCISD fell below nearly every statewide standard when it comes to academics. It is understandable that parents might feel that their child may

In 2016, South Dakota compared to other states in the Union, ranked fifty-first in teacher pay (Heidelberger). Which means that South Dakota educators have lower salaries than any other state. It is not a new problem for educators though as South Dakota has ranked last in teacher salary for some time. The payment of teachers in South Dakota’s public school has been debated for a great amount of time. Several things that the legislators encountered while creating this legislation are talked about by Deborah Stone in her book Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making. Policy goals, problems, and tools are all talked about by Stone and can be applied to South Dakota’s House Bill 1182.

In the news recently a major story has been the teacher strikes across the nation where teachers are demanding higher wages along with more funding for schools. (Cano, azcentral.com) For these teachers there doesn’t seem to be much of a solution to their current financial crisis other than raises to help them out of the financial troubles they already find themselves in. This is why it is important to keep teachers, and people with other lower income jobs from ending up in the financial situation like the current one. Of course, there are plenty of ways to do this from raising people’s pay or forgiving them of debts they may currently have but one thing that could help future people who might find themselves in this situation is a change in

Education is one of the most important things that the government spends their money on. It shapes our country now and for in the future. Education is more about learning for how to solve for ‘x’ as is it to develop life skills that will help during a person’s whole lifetime. Education helps a person learn right from wrong, build relationships with others, develop organizational skills, think critically, along with so many other benefits. None of this would be possible for schools to provide for their students without proper funding needed. While it is understood that the country is going through a budget crisis, cutting the education budget is not the way to go. With all of the money being taken out of the education

However, how we educate our teachers currently affects generations of people to come. Because of the influx of teachers, we need to metamorphose how we educate our educators. How are we doing in terms of educating our teachers now? Not as great as we could be doing. In a report by the National Council on Teacher Quality, going to a certain school for a teacher’s education could be a never-ending path of sorrow and pain.The failing college in undergraduate education for elementary teacher education was Jackson State University, a public university in Jackson, Mississippi. This university has a population of 9,802 and sits at #537 out of 660 universities on the Forbes Magazine America’s Top Colleges List. If a public university harbors such scores, it cannot be accepted as a viable path for teacher training. In a study done by Dan Goldhaber, Lesley Lavery, and Roddy Theobald (Goldhaber and Theobald of American Institutes for Research and Lavery of Macalester College) it was found that students in currently disadvantaged demographics in Washington State get the teachers with the least experience and of the lowest quality. The study judged disadvantagement in three ways: by race, by income, and by academic success. All the teachers that were put to these disadvantaged groups were deemed to be extremely novice and not effective at all. Experience is key, as a

In Charlotte, it was reported that 1000 teachers resigned from North Carolina schools. This massive number of teachers leavings schools in one city has many negative effects, but the real issue is why are these teachers leaving and how can it be fixed? So what needs to be done? Everyday educators in North Carolina weigh the pros and cons of their jobs and ask themselves ‘is this little to no pay worth working as an educator?’ or ‘are these large classes of students able to acquire the proper learning?’. Being ranked the second worst state for educators to pursue a career in has put North Carolina in a tight spot. What can be done to get North Carolina’s education system

The Teacher Salary Project states that “teachers make 14 percent less than people in other professions that require similar levels of education” (“Facts about Teachers”). If anything, teachers deserve to make much more than those “other professions”. Even though teacher salary varies throughout the country, it is overall too low bringing to life an issue that needs to be recognized as an important one and must be properly addressed in order to improve several aspects of schooling (Nir) (See Fig. 1). Because the education system holds teachers responsible for molding their students’ futures, delivering and planning focused daily lessons, and putting in extra work time outside of school, they should be held accountable for ensuing teachers the higher pay that they deserve.

Nationally, 22 percent of children in the richest country in the world live at or below the federal poverty line. Half in low-income families has meal basic needs, like free lunches, free breakfast, etc… They need meal for students, schools, etc. They unfortunately are assigned to the most inadequately funded schools with the largest class sizes and lowest paid teachers, that’s why a lot of teachers are disappointed because they don’t have a great salary. Families who lived in poverty need to do anything to help their kids in education. “Savage inequalities of schooling”, (Jonathan Kozol). The school system has been designed to a dress the education of relatively homogenous populations. However, there are heterogeneous populations whose education demands

To Get A Better School System by Gene B. Preuss explores the journey of educational reform of Texas through one hundred years of inequality, threats, and disagreements. However, the Supreme Court decision regarding Morath vs. Texas Taxpayers has highlighted that even in 2016, additional reforms are needed. Funding for public education is not a new issue and has been a pressing matter since the creation of the Texas educational system. Throughout the process of educational reform, Texans have mainly fought over public education funding in regards to bridging the gap between the portion of funding spent on urban areas and the portion spent on rural areas as well as the small earnings that teachers make. Yet, another area of concern, as pointed out in the article “Texas Supreme Court Upholds School Funding System”, is the Texas Legislature which severely limits the number of available avenues that the state can take when addressing the issue of funding. Together, the past issues of how to fund education and the inequalities that arose in spending, combined with the current issue

Teachers in these big urban schools don’t invest as much time into their students as small suburban schools do. The class sizes are big and the teachers can’t attend to every students needs so students start to fall behind. Falling too far behind, it begins to be too difficult for them to catch up and meet the academic requirements. As the Baltimore education documentary showed, some of the twelve year old boys still could not read, yet the teacher in the Baltimore school didn’t even know this because of how many students they have. Not only are the class sizes substantial, the working environment is neglected and despaired from previous years. The students destroy the schools throughout the years and because of budget cuts, the students are still being educated in these dilapidated, neglected schools. In suburban communities, people along with community members fund the schools and help out to make the school district excel. In urban cities it is harder to receive the funding because in most cases, the schools are surrounded by poverty. It is also problematic to attract quality teachers into these areas when they don’t have favorable work environments, the students are struggling with poor home conditions, and the pay isn’t adequate due to many budget cuts. Because of budget cuts, the schools have to cut more after-school activities, giving the students more reasons to not value school, misbehave, and not be

Good or bad, they have an unprecedented effect on the performance of their students, both in class and for years to come. One study found that of 3rd grade classes with similar test scores, around the 54th percentile, those unfortunately placed for three consecutive years after with low quality teachers saw their scores drop by 10% by the 5th grade, solely from their teacher’s lack of skill. But those students placed with quality teachers? On average, those students saw their scores rise to the 96th percentile. If one single factor can so greatly change the course of a student’s education, the course of their futures, why are teachers rarely given the respect such an important job would merit? Teachers make 14% less than jobs that require similar levels of education, with an average starting salary of only $37,000. The most experienced teacher, after devoting 25 years or more of his or her life to the profession, can expect their salary to cap off at about $67,000. Because of this, more than half of teachers have other jobs outside of the classroom in order to support themselves and their

“Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher” (Gallagher). Of all of the jobs in the world that contribute to society, being a teacher have to be the most important. Teachers can make a huge impact on those who they teach. Teachers are the ones that are carrying the younger generation to a brighter future, but sometime they don’t get the respect for the hard work that they put in. In some states, school funding and wages are really small. Education for those states is not a priority to the state government, but the teachers are determined to change that around. Many teachers are going out on the street to protests for better treatment, and it seems like they are getting what they want. The teacher protests should

In recent years this country has seen tremendous cuts to educational budgets at both federal and state levels throughout the country. As a result of this there has been increases in class sizes, the laying off staff and faculty members, reduced programs, and even shortened school calendars. In August of 2012 the Executive Office of the President released a report that states that since the end of the recession (June 2009), “we have lost more than 300,000 local education jobs, raising class sizes and threatening the education of our nation’s children.” (whitehouse). For an excellent example of how those deep budget cuts are effecting education at a state level, we look at Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Funding for education was reduced by approximately $900 million in the 2011-2012 school year. The aforementioned cuts resulted in drastic reduction of programs including arts and music education, layoffs, increase in class size, and reduction in tutoring (cgs). This can be seen in nearly every school district in the country, which not