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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...much to do with the exodus. During the 1970s, while salaries in other fields soared, teachers' pay fell 15% in real dollars. In some states starting salaries remain as low as $13,000. In Mississippi social-studies teacher Jewelie Brown makes only $22,200 after 31 years in the classroom. Californian Ken Capie does better: $41,000 after 30 years, but that is still $3,000 less than his 25-year-old son's starting salary as an engineer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Who's Teaching Our Children? | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...addition to raising pay, some districts are experimenting with career ladders that allow teachers the opportunity to move up in status without having to abandon the classroom for administrative posts. Others have created "mentor" programs, which help novice teachers by pairing them with talented and experienced ones. Some wealthier schools provide workout centers and time off for stressed-out teachers. New Trier Township High School in suburban Chicago has a wellness program that allows faculty members to exercise on school time, receive personal and career counseling and even reduce their teaching loads without penalty. But such tender loving care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Who's Teaching Our Children? | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

Despite their frustrations, many teachers are still content with their choice of career. "I love my job," says Rochester's Pugliese. "In the classroom I can have an impact." A Carnegie Foundation survey of 22,000 teachers found that 77% are satisfied with their jobs. "You can make $2 million a year working at some corporation," says Hillview teacher Sue Krumbein. "But who really cares? When you teach, a lot of people care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Who's Teaching Our Children? | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...like him, each a miracle worker in his or her own way. Teachers say the best of them are born, not made. Perhaps they are right. Several years ago, Patrice Bertha took a sabbatical to see whether she really wanted to spend the rest of her life in the classroom. She wound up tutoring at home instead. "I really missed it," she says. "That's when I told myself, 'You're a teacher forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Who's Teaching Our Children? | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

They are blamed for the failures of American schools, accused of incompetence and expected to fill in for negligent parents, and they work under conditions few professionals would tolerate. "We are the mother, the teacher, the nurse, the doctor," says one classroom veteran. Still, many say the modern schoolhouse is a place not only of fears and frustrations but also of startling epiphanies and sublime rewards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

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