Instead, they marched on the capitol, passed out bag lunches for low-income students who normally rely on free school meals and watched as public support flooded their way. But teachers faced opposition at times from state and federal leaders. Teachers are out to regain the upper hand.
Some have already gone on strike in Washington State, and others are threatening to do so in Los Angeles and Virginia. Recent polling suggests teachers have the public on their side. Hutchison, 48, is a fourth-generation educator whose daughter also plans to become a teacher.
Since the first U. Teaching has long been dominated by women, and experts say the roots of its relatively low pay lie in sexism. In , teaching was more lucrative than other comparable careers for women, according to the EPI, but that was because of limited opportunity, not high pay.
As women were admitted to other professions in wider numbers, choosing teaching carried a cost. Nursing shortages in some parts of the U. When compared to professions with similar education levels, teacher pay tends to pale. Even in conservative states, many voters backed tax increases to support public education, and called on lawmakers to stop cutting school budgets. The uprising in West Virginia seemed to mark a turning point in public support for refilling the coffers.
International Comparisons. School Crime and Safety. Related sites. Last Updated: May Download PDF. Select a subgroup: Show all available findings. Figure 1. Percentage distribution of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by instructional level and sex: School years — and — Figure 2. Rounds to zero.
Figure 3. Percentage of public school teachers who held a postbaccalaureate degree and percentage who held a regular or standard state teaching certificate or advanced professional certificate, by instructional level: School years — and — Figure 4. Percentage distribution of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by years of teaching experience: School years — and — Figure 5.
Average base salary for full-time teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by years of full- and part-time teaching experience: — Figure 6. Average base salary for full-time teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by highest degree earned: — Related Indicators and Resources.
Characteristics of Public School Principals. Teacher Turnover: Stayers, Movers, and Leavers [web-only]. Data Sources. Reference Tables. Table In Sub-Saharan Africa, the average number of pupils per teacher in primary education is higher today than two decades ago. In general, pupil-teacher ratios tend to be lower in richer countries.
And cross-country differences can be remarkable. In Norway and Sweden there are on average 9 primary-school students per teacher. In the Central African Republic, there are about As the following map shows, in most countries the majority of teachers in primary education are women.
In almost all countries, however, the share of women teaching in primary education is much higher than the share of women teaching in tertiary education.
You can explore interactive maps showing the gender distribution of teachers in secondary and tertiary education here , and here. Directly measuring teacher quality is difficult. Because of this, a common approach is to rely on proxies, such as teacher characteristics e.
The following map shows the proportion of primary school teachers who are trained to teach. Although the data is patchy, the map above shows that there are large gaps in some countries.
In Ghana, for example, about half of the teachers lack the required pedagogical training. You can find more data on teacher training, across different education levels, in the following maps:. If we look at subject-specific qualifications, rather than general pedagogical training, we find that there are also large gaps in some countries. As the following chart shows, in some countries the share of teachers with training is high but the share with qualifications is low e.
In other countries the opposite is true, and the share of teachers with training is low but the share with qualifications is high e. And in some countries, such as Ghana and Sierra Leone, both training and qualifications are low.
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