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(Mis-)Measuring the Relative Pay of Public School Teachers
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Podgursky, Michael; Tongrut, Ruttaya – Education Finance and Policy, 2006
Statistics on the relative pay of public school teachers are routinely cited by plaintiffs in school finance ("adequacy") lawsuits. However, comparisons of pay and benefits for public school teachers to those of professional employees in other sectors are complicated by the fact that most teachers work under contracts that are nine or ten months…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Educational Finance, Measurement Techniques, Compensation (Remuneration)