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Teachers’ Pay Lags Furthest Behind Other Professionals in U.S., Study Finds

September 12, 2017

By: Sarah Sparks
Source: Education Week

Young college graduates have a lot less incentive to become K-12 teachers in the United States than in other countries, according to the latest data from the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation. While American educators out-earn teachers in other countries, they trail those with similar education levels in other professions more than teachers in any other OECD country.

That was part of the OECD’s annual “Education at a Glance” report—a nearly 500-page compendium of educational indicators across more than two dozen industrialized countries, which was released this morning.

Teachers start with a higher average salary in the United States…

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