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Date: Hanushek, Eric A. “The single salary schedule and other issues of teacher pay.” Peabody Journal of Education 82.4 (2007): 574-586.

The article talks about the quality of work done by the teachers to ensure that students are well educated. However, the single salary schedule is the big problem, where it talks about ow teachers get paid the same amount regardless of the quality of service given. The source is about how there are tighter entry requirements for Math and science teachers but the pay remains the same. The source will be used in the article to relate on the issues that the teachers face and their pay. Teachers unfair pay is linked to why we have less teachers in the science and math department in the country.

Britton, Jack, and Carol Propper. “Teacher pay and school productivity: Exploiting wage regulation.” Journal of Public Economics 133 (2016): 75-89.

Briton and jack discuss about the effects of teachers pay on school productivity. The work is written after a thorough research in over 3000 schools and 200000 teachers who gave their views on how they tend to work as per the amount paid by the institution on the government. When the wage paid is below the market rates, schools are highly affected and poor performance is the end result. The authors are for the idea that there is a great difference if teachers are going to be paid well according to their output. Low pay results in low quality education whereas a higher pay makes the teachers to work harder to see the success of the student.

Hanushek, Eric A. “School human capital and teacher salary policies.” Journal of Professional Capital and Community 1.1 (2016): 23-40.

School human capital and teachers’ salary policies gives a review on salaries paid to teachers and the terms under which they are paid. The paper considers the relationship between the level and structure of teachers pay and how they can impact outcomes. Hanushek concludes form the finding that the policies on teachers’ salaries are rigid to an extent that an institution cannot increase pay for effective teachers without increasing pay for ineffective teachers. To deal with unproductivity in teaching, the pay structures, terms and policies must be revised.

Niall McCarthy “Where U.S. Teacher Pay Is Highest & Lowest [Infographic]” Forbes magazine. March 8 2018. https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2018/05/09/where-u-s-teacher-pay-is-highest-lowest-infographic/#5488574e2eabThis is statics carried out by Forbes and Niall which gives a summary of pay in the U.S regions. Pay is not the same in all the places, some places pay high, some low and some moderate. There is massive disparity in teachers’ salaries across the us. Alaska is ranked the highest in paying teachers while Oklahoma has poor salaries and is ranked last in terms of salary levels. Due to the low wages Oklahoma has seen teachers strikes and poor student performances. Some States have cases where pay is different by over $25000 per year. California and Arizona good examples of such cases where those teaching high school are paid an of $77,390 and $48,050 respectively.

Lazear, Edward P. “Performance pay and productivity.” American Economic Review 90.5 (2000): 1346-1361.

This article gives a review on performance and the relationship with pay. Lazear suggest that compensation and allowances as part of payment has a greater impact on productivity. Also extrinsic and intrinsic values given to teachers motivates them to become more productive in teaching and other school curriculum activities. A new data set for the Safelite Glass Corporation tests the predictions that average productivity will rise, the school will attract highly qualified teachers, and variance in output across individuals at the institution will increase when they shift to paying according to performance.

Lavy, Victor. “Teachers’ Pay for Performance in the Long-Run: The Dynamic Pattern of Treatment Effects on Students’ Educational and Labor Market Outcomes in Adulthood.” NBER Working Paper No 20983 (2016).

Lavy Victor helps us understand that teachers in Italy are less valued whereas the United states is among the top 21 countries who value teachers. Despite the low pay in Italy, students do not respect their teachers so does the general community in Italy. Unlike other profession, may shy off from being teachers because of the less respect and pay that is given to the teachers. Brazil also shows similar trend as well as Israel and majority of countries in Africa. He gives an example of a case where teachers went on a strike for three months in Kenya but the government was reluctant to increase their pay.

Sources

Britton, Jack, and Carol Propper. “Teacher pay and school productivity: Exploiting wage regulation.” Journal of Public Economics 133 (2016): 75-89.

Hanushek, Eric A. “School human capital and teacher salary policies.” Journal of Professional Capital and Community 1.1 (2016): 23-40.

Hanushek, Eric A. “The single salary schedule and other issues of teacher pay.” Peabody Journal of Education 82.4 (2007): 574-586.

Lavy, Victor. “Teachers’ Pay for Performance in the Long-Run: The Dynamic Pattern of Treatment Effects on Students’ Educational and Labor Market Outcomes in Adulthood.” NBER Working Paper No 20983 (2016).

Lazear, Edward P. “Performance pay and productivity.” American Economic Review 90.5 (2000): 1346-1361.

Niall McCarthy “Where U.S. Teacher Pay Is Highest & Lowest [Infographic]” Forbes magazine. March 8 2018. https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2018/05/09/where-u-s-teacher-pay-is-highest-lowest-infographic/#5488574e2eab