unions killing jobs...

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Originally Posted by Danzig

of course it matters. whenever it is suggested that school go all year, raher than half, the first things teachers say is they would have to be paid more for working more.
also, what are class sizes elsewhere? benefits, pensions, etc? days off, hours per day worked, planning periods, etc. its all part of the total compensation package.
hamburg jr high and hs teachers have students in their classes for a sum total of four and a half hours a day for 178 days a year~which is less than half of a year. how does that schedule and pay compare to the countries you listed?

LOL - It looks like you have some detailed investigation to do to find answers to all your questions.

Try searching on each country, and determining their school year, benefits, pension, class size, etc. if you would like to know it.

It's apparent that for a school year, for teachers with 15 years experience, many other countries pay more than the US, whether compared by GDP or even by straight salary.

If you suspect that's not true for some reason, or want to break that information down into hourly salary, etc, do the research and post that for us.