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Let’s begin with the makeup of the school district: It boasts a $7.52 billion budget and more than 60,000 employees, including about 26,000 teachers, with the average annual salary being $73,000. While employment has gone up 16% since 2004, enrollment has dropped 10% in the same period.
According to the latest available data, California school funding surged by nearly 10% from 2015 to 2016. If you examine a five-year period (2011 to 2016), school funding in the state is up a whopping 26%. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has further proposed the “largest ever investment” in the LAUSD.
Plus, the district already offered LAUSD educators a pay raise of 3% this year and another 3% in 2020. It was rejected.
But the school district can’t afford another pay hike. Next year, LAUSD will have a $422 million budget deficit, mainly because employee pension and health care costs represent a great portion of the budget – they will account for more than half within 10 years. Overall, it has $5.1 billion more in liabilities than in assets and another $15 billion in unfunded health care benefit liabilities for retirees and current workers.
LA Teachers Strike: 73K Is Not Enough.
So if you want to know why teachers can’t get a pay raise, it’s because of teachers.
Left-wingers don't care. They'll bankrupt the entire country, before admitting there isn't money for their demands.
Did I miss the law that forces teachers to live next door to the school they teach at?yea even in LA....there are wealthy areas and not so wealthy....depends on were you live.....the wealthy coastal areas and some inland areas it may just be getting by....but anywhere else you would be living fairly good.......LA Teachers Strike: $73K Is Not Enough
In LA it probably isn't. I make way more than that and if we moved to LA we'd definitely struggle given the cost of living.
In Los Angeles? Yeah, right!
pensions are a killer
.....if anyone should be paid ''higher'', it's the teachers--but they have to perform well to earn it--they are rearing/teaching/etc our future
however, the parents have the critical role --
cut the politicians salary/benefits/pensions
San Diego at one time had a teacher to administrator ratio of 6:1. Beyond absurd.pensions are a killer
.....if anyone should be paid ''higher'', it's the teachers--but they have to perform well to earn it--they are rearing/teaching/etc our future
however, the parents have the critical role --
cut the politicians salary/benefits/pensions
If they cut out the waste, they could pay teachers more..... the waste is always at the admin level and there is never any will to end it. Then, cut the power of the teachers unions......put in competitive pay incentives for good teachers, put in vouchers......that would go a long way to fixing this problem
LAUSD graduation rates rise after exit exam is eliminatedLook up LA school district graduation rates and educate yourself.Graduate knowledge and graduation rates. LA district even dropped its High School graduation tests and still gets only 70% to graduate.Based on...?
Relative to population size? Factoring participation rates?
Got a link to all this?
Link?
They eliminated testing to graduate and STILL 26% did not graduate.
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yes i know....i am talking about living on 73k a year and how in some areas in California,you may be having a hard time while in less wealthy areas you should be doing much better......Yes, but in those "anywhere else" places, teachers aren't paid as much, either.depends on were you live.....the wealthy coastal areas and some inland areas it may just be getting by....but anywhere else you would be living fairly good.......LA Teachers Strike: $73K Is Not Enough
In LA it probably isn't. I make way more than that and if we moved to LA we'd definitely struggle given the cost of living.
I am not an engineer, I have never been an engineer, I will never be an engineer, nor would I have any hope of being successful at it if I were one. I will admit to admiring engineers for what they are able to do. I don't understand how they do it, but it's amazing. But then, I'm not a know-it-all. I don't present myself as someone who has vast knowledge about something I've never been a part of. Weatherman, on the other hand, seems to have vast knowledge of teachers. He claims to understand to motivation of all teachers. Although he's not a teacher, he claims to know how easy the job is. If there is a bad teacher, he believes that means all teachers are bad. If a kid has a terrible home life, doesn't speak English well or at all, that's the teachers fault, according to him. I'm a little surprised that given his knowledge of the profession, he hasn't obtained a teaching license and entered the field
/----/ LA needs to raise taxes on evil greedy rich people and give it to the Teacher's Union. Only practical solution.It gets better:
Let’s begin with the makeup of the school district: It boasts a $7.52 billion budget and more than 60,000 employees, including about 26,000 teachers, with the average annual salary being $73,000. While employment has gone up 16% since 2004, enrollment has dropped 10% in the same period.
According to the latest available data, California school funding surged by nearly 10% from 2015 to 2016. If you examine a five-year period (2011 to 2016), school funding in the state is up a whopping 26%. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has further proposed the “largest ever investment” in the LAUSD.
Plus, the district already offered LAUSD educators a pay raise of 3% this year and another 3% in 2020. It was rejected.
But the school district can’t afford another pay hike. Next year, LAUSD will have a $422 million budget deficit, mainly because employee pension and health care costs represent a great portion of the budget – they will account for more than half within 10 years. Overall, it has $5.1 billion more in liabilities than in assets and another $15 billion in unfunded health care benefit liabilities for retirees and current workers.
LA Teachers Strike: 73K Is Not Enough.
So if you want to know why teachers can’t get a pay raise, it’s because of teachers.
They could simply tax all those evil businesses located in LA./----/ LA needs to raise taxes on evil greedy rich people and give it to the Teacher's Union. Only practical solution.It gets better:
Let’s begin with the makeup of the school district: It boasts a $7.52 billion budget and more than 60,000 employees, including about 26,000 teachers, with the average annual salary being $73,000. While employment has gone up 16% since 2004, enrollment has dropped 10% in the same period.
According to the latest available data, California school funding surged by nearly 10% from 2015 to 2016. If you examine a five-year period (2011 to 2016), school funding in the state is up a whopping 26%. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has further proposed the “largest ever investment” in the LAUSD.
Plus, the district already offered LAUSD educators a pay raise of 3% this year and another 3% in 2020. It was rejected.
But the school district can’t afford another pay hike. Next year, LAUSD will have a $422 million budget deficit, mainly because employee pension and health care costs represent a great portion of the budget – they will account for more than half within 10 years. Overall, it has $5.1 billion more in liabilities than in assets and another $15 billion in unfunded health care benefit liabilities for retirees and current workers.
LA Teachers Strike: 73K Is Not Enough.
So if you want to know why teachers can’t get a pay raise, it’s because of teachers.
/----/ LA needs to raise taxes on evil greedy rich people and give it to the Teacher's Union. Only practical solution.It gets better:
Let’s begin with the makeup of the school district: It boasts a $7.52 billion budget and more than 60,000 employees, including about 26,000 teachers, with the average annual salary being $73,000. While employment has gone up 16% since 2004, enrollment has dropped 10% in the same period.
According to the latest available data, California school funding surged by nearly 10% from 2015 to 2016. If you examine a five-year period (2011 to 2016), school funding in the state is up a whopping 26%. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has further proposed the “largest ever investment” in the LAUSD.
Plus, the district already offered LAUSD educators a pay raise of 3% this year and another 3% in 2020. It was rejected.
But the school district can’t afford another pay hike. Next year, LAUSD will have a $422 million budget deficit, mainly because employee pension and health care costs represent a great portion of the budget – they will account for more than half within 10 years. Overall, it has $5.1 billion more in liabilities than in assets and another $15 billion in unfunded health care benefit liabilities for retirees and current workers.
LA Teachers Strike: 73K Is Not Enough.
So if you want to know why teachers can’t get a pay raise, it’s because of teachers.
so who said they had too?.....a hell of a lot of people in S.Cal travel 25 to 35 miles to get to their jobs...Did I miss the law that forces teachers to live next door to the school they teach at?yea even in LA....there are wealthy areas and not so wealthy....depends on were you live.....the wealthy coastal areas and some inland areas it may just be getting by....but anywhere else you would be living fairly good.......LA Teachers Strike: $73K Is Not Enough
In LA it probably isn't. I make way more than that and if we moved to LA we'd definitely struggle given the cost of living.
In Los Angeles? Yeah, right!
/----/ Chicago fixed their problem 1-2-3. Tax LA evil rich and working stiffs until their eyes bleed. It's the compassionate thing to do.It gets better:
Let’s begin with the makeup of the school district: It boasts a $7.52 billion budget and more than 60,000 employees, including about 26,000 teachers, with the average annual salary being $73,000. While employment has gone up 16% since 2004, enrollment has dropped 10% in the same period.
According to the latest available data, California school funding surged by nearly 10% from 2015 to 2016. If you examine a five-year period (2011 to 2016), school funding in the state is up a whopping 26%. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has further proposed the “largest ever investment” in the LAUSD.
Plus, the district already offered LAUSD educators a pay raise of 3% this year and another 3% in 2020. It was rejected.
But the school district can’t afford another pay hike. Next year, LAUSD will have a $422 million budget deficit, mainly because employee pension and health care costs represent a great portion of the budget – they will account for more than half within 10 years. Overall, it has $5.1 billion more in liabilities than in assets and another $15 billion in unfunded health care benefit liabilities for retirees and current workers.
LA Teachers Strike: 73K Is Not Enough.
So if you want to know why teachers can’t get a pay raise, it’s because of teachers.
/----/ Chicago fixed their problem 1-2-3. Tax LA evil rich and working stiffs until their eyes bleed. It's the compassionate thing to do.It gets better:
Let’s begin with the makeup of the school district: It boasts a $7.52 billion budget and more than 60,000 employees, including about 26,000 teachers, with the average annual salary being $73,000. While employment has gone up 16% since 2004, enrollment has dropped 10% in the same period.
According to the latest available data, California school funding surged by nearly 10% from 2015 to 2016. If you examine a five-year period (2011 to 2016), school funding in the state is up a whopping 26%. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has further proposed the “largest ever investment” in the LAUSD.
Plus, the district already offered LAUSD educators a pay raise of 3% this year and another 3% in 2020. It was rejected.
But the school district can’t afford another pay hike. Next year, LAUSD will have a $422 million budget deficit, mainly because employee pension and health care costs represent a great portion of the budget – they will account for more than half within 10 years. Overall, it has $5.1 billion more in liabilities than in assets and another $15 billion in unfunded health care benefit liabilities for retirees and current workers.
LA Teachers Strike: 73K Is Not Enough.
So if you want to know why teachers can’t get a pay raise, it’s because of teachers.
Chicago Teachers Union: New taxes to fix pensions
The Chicago Teachers Union said Chicago should inject $5 billion into the pension fund immediately by floating municipal or pension obligation bonds.
- A so-called “LaSalle Street Tax” would impose new taxes on financial transactions at the CME Group and the Chicago Board Options Exchange. The Chicago Teachers Union wants a dollar tax on the trading of agriculture futures and two dollars on other derivatives. In addition to raising money, CTU Vice President Jesse Sharkey said the tax could help curb high-frequency trading, which has come under fire lately. “Derivative trading is a problem at its current level,” Sharkey said. “These are trades that don’t produce value. These are not long-term investments of the kind your grandmother might have in her stock portfolio.” Sharkey estimates the new tax could bring in $10-$12 billion a year.
- A commuter tax on those who work in Chicago but live outside the city. Sharkey suggested the tax could be administered through the payrolls of companies in Chicago with employees who live outside the city. Sharkey said an alternative way to implement the tax would be as a regional income tax surcharge affecting cities surrounding Chicago. He said the cash generated from this plan could be shared between Chicago and the communities affected. Sharkey did not have an estimate for how much money this tax could generate.
- A delay on the expiration of some tax increment financing (TIF) districts. TIF districts are special zones of the city that divert tax money into economic development projects. Critics, including those in the Chicago Teachers Union, have ridiculed the mayor’s use of TIF districts, saying they amount to personal slush funds. “You could take a lot of bad debt off the books by making a bond that would put the school system in better shape financially by using TIF money that would actually help serve the intended purposes of the taxation authority the schools have,” Sharkey said. The teachers union estimates more than a billion dollars in bonds could be generated from this idea
They could simply tax all those evil businesses located in LA./----/ LA needs to raise taxes on evil greedy rich people and give it to the Teacher's Union. Only practical solution.It gets better:
Let’s begin with the makeup of the school district: It boasts a $7.52 billion budget and more than 60,000 employees, including about 26,000 teachers, with the average annual salary being $73,000. While employment has gone up 16% since 2004, enrollment has dropped 10% in the same period.
According to the latest available data, California school funding surged by nearly 10% from 2015 to 2016. If you examine a five-year period (2011 to 2016), school funding in the state is up a whopping 26%. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has further proposed the “largest ever investment” in the LAUSD.
Plus, the district already offered LAUSD educators a pay raise of 3% this year and another 3% in 2020. It was rejected.
But the school district can’t afford another pay hike. Next year, LAUSD will have a $422 million budget deficit, mainly because employee pension and health care costs represent a great portion of the budget – they will account for more than half within 10 years. Overall, it has $5.1 billion more in liabilities than in assets and another $15 billion in unfunded health care benefit liabilities for retirees and current workers.
LA Teachers Strike: 73K Is Not Enough.
So if you want to know why teachers can’t get a pay raise, it’s because of teachers.
So you think there teachers only work when the students are there?
Why else would they work?
I would say you need to drag your ass to a school and get yourself educated on what teachers do. Apparently, you have not darkened a school doorway since they threw you out in middle school for being too old. That is the only plausible reason for your ignorance.
Yeah. Discussion over. You're just an evil bitter old man with dementia.
You are stupid about education and somehow it is my fault?
Got it!
I know what I see. If I am incorrect explain how. I have two kids in school now. I see what I see. Instead you insult me. Some teacher you were. I can See you in class. A student asks for help with a subject and you dismiss him while calling him an idiot. Thank you for your service but you are being an evil troll here.
So you think there teachers only work when the students are there?
Why else would they work?
I would say you need to drag your ass to a school and get yourself educated on what teachers do. Apparently, you have not darkened a school doorway since they threw you out in middle school for being too old. That is the only plausible reason for your ignorance.
Yeah. Discussion over. You're just an evil bitter old man with dementia.
You are stupid about education and somehow it is my fault?
Got it!
I know what I see. ...
If you know you want to teach, a bachelor's in an academic major like history or english takes 4 years and a Master's, if pursued full-time, takes one. That equals 5. That would include the teaching certification.I googled careers requiring a Masters Degree and then looked at the average salaries. $73,000 is in the ballpark for a profession that requires an investment in five years of college. I agree that L.A.'s cost of living is what is causing the problem here.
Where do you get 5 years? My undergraduate degree took 5 year! My teacher certification was another 2 years and another 2 and a half for a Master's.
You are a disgrace not a teacher....paint brushing all of Californians with the same brush. O hope you didnt teach your hate at school and kids knew better not to listen to your crap .I’m a teacher. Parents have to raise their kids proper. You have a welfare state like California there will be no salaries for teachers if people sit at home, smoke dope, sponge off welfare, and expect school raise their kids. It’s a joke. Thanks liberal DemocratsGutless that is. Not nearly with his pay. Not even close. I've seen it. Pathetic.WORD!
Why else would they work?
I would say you need to drag your ass to a school and get yourself educated on what teachers do. Apparently, you have not darkened a school doorway since they threw you out in middle school for being too old. That is the only plausible reason for your ignorance.
Yeah. Discussion over. You're just an evil bitter old man with dementia.
You are stupid about education and somehow it is my fault?
Got it!
I know what I see. If I am incorrect explain how. I have two kids in school now. I see what I see. Instead you insult me. Some teacher you were. I can See you in class. A student asks for help with a subject and you dismiss him while calling him an idiot. Thank you for your service but you are being an evil troll here.
Why else would they work?
I would say you need to drag your ass to a school and get yourself educated on what teachers do. Apparently, you have not darkened a school doorway since they threw you out in middle school for being too old. That is the only plausible reason for your ignorance.
Yeah. Discussion over. You're just an evil bitter old man with dementia.
You are stupid about education and somehow it is my fault?
Got it!
I know what I see. ...
What do you see, and where?
