Teachers to be Paid $150K in City Where Less Than Half of Students Are Good at Reading

[Chris]

Teachers to be Paid $150K in City Where Less Than Half of Students Are Good at Reading
New York City educators will get fat pay hikes and bonuses of up to 20%
By Daniel Greenfield

Only money can fix education. Lots and lots of money. Dump trucks of it dumped right in a giant hole in Randi Weingarten’s backyard where it travels through the sewers into the coffers of top Democrats.

When we pay our teachers like we pay NBA players, only then will children get to the halfway mark at reading. Instead, we pay them like WNBA players.

For now, New York City schoolteachers must somehow survive on a miserly $150,000 a year.

New York City educators will get fat pay hikes and bonuses of up to 20% under a new five-year, $6.4 billion labor contract announced Tuesday by Mayor Eric Adams and the United Federation of Teachers.

The top teacher salaries for the longest serving teachers will exceed $150,000 for the first time.

The proposed contract also cuts in half — from 15 to eight years — the length of time it takes most teachers to reach a salary of $100,000.

The agreement covering 120,000 teachers and other staff also expands voluntary virtual learning opportunities for students — an initiative pushed by Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks.

Because the one thing we’ve learned is how well Zoom school works.

Still, most NYC teachers deserve that six-figure salary considering how well the students are learning.

Less than half of all 3rd through 8th graders in New York City were proficient in reading in 2019, according to state test data cited in the report.

It’s our fault. Surely if we paid teachers like NBA players, the students would know how to read.

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[Reason & Hope]

I taught my three kids how to read and helped other homeschooling moms do the same. I'll teach kids how to read for $150,000 a year --but I get to choose the method and I get to set rules of behavior.

 

[GotGrace]

Teachers to be Paid $150K in City Where Less Than Half of Students Are Good at Reading
New York City educators will get fat pay hikes and bonuses of up to 20%
By Daniel Greenfield

Only money can fix education. Lots and lots of money. Dump trucks of it dumped right in a giant hole in Randi Weingarten’s backyard where it travels through the sewers into the coffers of top Democrats.

When we pay our teachers like we pay NBA players, only then will children get to the halfway mark at reading. Instead, we pay them like WNBA players.

For now, New York City schoolteachers must somehow survive on a miserly $150,000 a year.

New York City educators will get fat pay hikes and bonuses of up to 20% under a new five-year, $6.4 billion labor contract announced Tuesday by Mayor Eric Adams and the United Federation of Teachers.

The top teacher salaries for the longest serving teachers will exceed $150,000 for the first time.

The proposed contract also cuts in half — from 15 to eight years — the length of time it takes most teachers to reach a salary of $100,000.

The agreement covering 120,000 teachers and other staff also expands voluntary virtual learning opportunities for students — an initiative pushed by Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks.

Because the one thing we’ve learned is how well Zoom school works.

Still, most NYC teachers deserve that six-figure salary considering how well the students are learning.

Less than half of all 3rd through 8th graders in New York City were proficient in reading in 2019, according to state test data cited in the report.

It’s our fault. Surely if we paid teachers like NBA players, the students would know how to read.

https://www.raptureforums.com/polit...ss-than-half-of-students-are-good-at-reading/

Where did the old Dick and Jane readers go. “See Spot see Spot jump.”

Now kids are supposed to read about some perverted type of sex.

The salary of each teacher really should be tied to the the success of their classes. Wouldn’t that shake things up?

 

[NewWine2020]

Teachers to be Paid $150K in City Where Less Than Half of Students Are Good at Reading
New York City educators will get fat pay hikes and bonuses of up to 20%
By Daniel Greenfield

Only money can fix education. Lots and lots of money. Dump trucks of it dumped right in a giant hole in Randi Weingarten’s backyard where it travels through the sewers into the coffers of top Democrats.

When we pay our teachers like we pay NBA players, only then will children get to the halfway mark at reading. Instead, we pay them like WNBA players.

For now, New York City schoolteachers must somehow survive on a miserly $150,000 a year.

New York City educators will get fat pay hikes and bonuses of up to 20% under a new five-year, $6.4 billion labor contract announced Tuesday by Mayor Eric Adams and the United Federation of Teachers.

The top teacher salaries for the longest serving teachers will exceed $150,000 for the first time.

The proposed contract also cuts in half — from 15 to eight years — the length of time it takes most teachers to reach a salary of $100,000.

The agreement covering 120,000 teachers and other staff also expands voluntary virtual learning opportunities for students — an initiative pushed by Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks.

Because the one thing we’ve learned is how well Zoom school works.

Still, most NYC teachers deserve that six-figure salary considering how well the students are learning.

Less than half of all 3rd through 8th graders in New York City were proficient in reading in 2019, according to state test data cited in the report.

It’s our fault. Surely if we paid teachers like NBA players, the students would know how to read.

https://www.raptureforums.com/polit...ss-than-half-of-students-are-good-at-reading/

I hope this encourages more mentally ill progressive teachers to leave my state for greener pastures in NYC.

But even for NYC, my concern would be that the public school teachers are more focused on producing "woke" "tolerant" automatons to fatten the leftist voting base than they are on teaching functional life skills and traditional curriculum.

 

[GotGrace]

I hope this encourages more mentally ill progressive teachers to leave my state for greener pastures in NYC.

But even for NYC, my concern would be that the public school teachers are more focused on producing "woke" "tolerant" automatons to fatten the leftist voting base than they are on teaching functional life skills and traditional curriculum.

Many of the teachers were indoctrinated during their training.

 

[NewWine2020]

Many of the teachers were indoctrinated during their training.

Agreed. If this was happening in a private home it would be called a "cycle of abuse" but yet we allow it on an institutional level because normal Americans have had their empathy and "live and let live" outlook weaponized against them so they feel shame and discomfort at the idea of speaking out against it.

 

[alisani]

More and more teachers are retiring early because of all of this mess. And we are left with the dregs. So, so glad I don't have small kids. Can't sing the praises of homeschooling and homeschooling groups enough.

 

[lightofmylife]

Teachers are there to teach children the subjects they need to learn not promote the gay agenda. That is not their job it is what is going on in the schools. The children do not belong to the government, and the parents have a say so of what their children are being exposed to. This needs to stop.

 

[biblegirl]

As a retired reading specialist, I can only say I wish I had made that kind of money. On the other hand, I don't think all the money in the world would get me to live in New York city nowadays.

 

[Carl]

My brother and my son both taught themselves how to read. There is something wrong with the child's environment that prevents learning to read.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

The salary of each teacher really should be tied to the the success of their classes. Wouldn’t that shake things up?

This is not a good idea.

Many decades ago, they tried that here with teacher bonuses, promotions, and raises. Administrator-well-liked teachers and teachers with political connections got all the smart and at least average kids. The disliked and politically unconnected/incorrect teachers got all the low achievers and problem children.

Not fair to the teachers that didn't toe the party line. In some instances, it was that Christian and Jewish teachers that fought against removal of prayer and Bible/Torah from the public schools that ended up quitting or getting fired because of the unfairness, extra work, and low test scores resulting from getting the preponderance of poor students

Even without this incentive, teachers are already teaching the tests because of their reviews, raises, promotions, chances to teach at a better or safer school, and funding and political threats . . .

 

[Carl]

So I go back to the child's home environment. Train up a child in the way that he should go . ' . How many have read about the home life of Dr. Ben Carson as he was growing up? No daddy in the house can be a REAL problem! Another problem is bullys in the schools. My son quit school because some kids were always picking on him and nobody did anything about it.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

So I go back to the child's home environment. Train up a child in the way that he should go . ' . How many have read about the home life of Dr. Ben Carson as he was growing up? No daddy in the house can be a REAL problem! Another problem is bullys in the schools. My son quit school because some kids were always picking on him and nobody did anything about it.

In some places, the teachers are gang members and encourage gang activity . . .
Really sad to respond to a fight at a middle school and find out a teacher gang-member egged it on and took sides with/helped the gang member(s) of his gang.

Generational gang membership, fueled by the insane amount of money generated by drugs, is a huge problem. So even if the Dad is home (likely not in some areas, and iffy if the identity is even known), not a good role model. Grandparents, aunties, and other adult family members either likely problematic role models or unable to control and positively influence the child(ren).

 

[GotGrace]

This is not a good idea.

Many decades ago, they tried that here with teacher bonuses, promotions, and raises. Administrator-well-liked teachers and teachers with political connections got all the smart and at least average kids. The disliked and politically unconnected/incorrect teachers got all the low achievers and problem children.

Not fair to the teachers that didn't toe the party line. In some instances, it was that Christian and Jewish teachers that fought against removal of prayer and Bible/Torah from the public schools that ended up quitting or getting fired because of the unfairness, extra work, and low test scores resulting from getting the preponderance of poor students

Even without this incentive, teachers are already teaching the tests because of their reviews, raises, promotions, chances to teach at a better or safer school, and funding and political threats . . .

You’ve got a point there.

 

[fl2007rn]

More and more teachers are retiring early because of all of this mess. And we are left with the dregs. So, so glad I don't have small kids. Can't sing the praises of homeschooling and homeschooling groups enough.

One of my neighbors is a teacher and she uses the term "YOU" when she calls on a student so that she doesn't accidently use the wrong pronoun. She can't wait to retire and only has a few years left.

 

[biblegirl]

My brother and my son both taught themselves how to read. There is something wrong with the child's environment that prevents learning to read.

You are right- today's children come out of environments that hinder their abilities to learn to read. When I was growing up, children were exposed to books throughout their earliest years. They listened to fairy tales, nursery rhymes, poems, etc; These early language experiences laid a foundation within them to transition quickly into becoming readers themselves. Nowadays, children come to school without these prerequisites; many don't even know how to hold a book correctly, or that we turn the pages from from the front to the back of the book. They do not know their alphabet letters, and struggle with even simple tasks like phonetically matching the sound to a written symbol. They have been brought up with technology, but have little experience with books. I will also add that many of our children are coming to the classroom from homes that are severely dysfunctional. Studies have shown that children who come from situations involving abuse, extreme poverty, alcoholism and /or violence, will actually have a diminished ability to learn. Constant stress takes a toll on the mind and body. There are many factors that lead to the educational crises we are seeing today. I retired just as Covid was hitting, but I also believe that the school closures of the pandemic have made this problem even more severe. I am afraid that this generation of children, particularly those who were preschool age during the lockdowns, may always struggle with reading difficulties, no matter how much money the teachers are paid. I can only hope that parents themselves stand in the gap and help their children catch up. I'm not sure anyone else can help them at this point.

 

[Carl]

So "biblegirl" one of the dangers is that many homes don't even have books?

 

[Cloud Watcher]

I don't ever remember being read to at home when I was a child. In the first grade I learned the alphabet and phonics. We read the Dick and Jane books in class. I remember 3 gifts I was given for Christmas or my birthday. A bible story book, The Tick Tock Clock book, which taught me how to tell time, and Little Brown Bear and His Friends. In the house there was a book of fairy tales and a book of folk tales that belonged to my stepmother which she sometimes allowed me to borrow. I loved all those books and became an instant, as well as lifelong, bookworm. Mrs. McGee, my teacher, was the only person who helped me to learn to read. Phonics was the key.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

My parents read to all of us growing up. When I babysat my younger siblings, I read to them, too. Sometimes I got my Latin book out
Looking back, I wish my parents had read to us from the Bible, although they did read to us from a big Bible storybook. And The Pokey Little Puppy, Mr. Pine's Purple House, Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, Twas the Night Before Christmas, This is the House that Jack Built, Grimm's Fairy Tales, etc.

I learned to read with phonics. My siblings (all younger) had a see-and-say (memorized words) system. Mom taught one of my siblings to read over the summer when after finishing and passing third grade, still unable to read. Unfortunately, by that time the damage was done: my sibling hated school and still to this day hates anything to do with or resembling school. There's also a huge difference to this day in my ability and attitude toward reading and that of my siblings

 

[biblegirl]

So "biblegirl" one of the dangers is that many homes don't even have books