Without much more detailed information, I don’t really see this as a problematic gender gap issue. I generally expect HS teachers to be paid more than elementary school teachers and would expect middle school teachers to be in between (although that does not seem to be the case here). I think the prevalence of women in elementary schools…
Without much more detailed information, I don’t really see this as a problematic gender gap issue. I generally expect HS teachers to be paid more than elementary school teachers and would expect middle school teachers to be in between (although that does not seem to be the case here). I think the prevalence of women in elementary schools is driven by a general preference of parents for women to teach their young kids; guys understand this and tend to gravitate to teaching older kids where this does not seem an issue. All and all, it seems to me that the median Evanston teacher is pretty well paid for a job that requires far fewer annual hours of work than a typical full time job. Anyways, thank you for the data and the newsletter.
Without much more detailed information, I don’t really see this as a problematic gender gap issue. I generally expect HS teachers to be paid more than elementary school teachers and would expect middle school teachers to be in between (although that does not seem to be the case here). I think the prevalence of women in elementary schools is driven by a general preference of parents for women to teach their young kids; guys understand this and tend to gravitate to teaching older kids where this does not seem an issue. All and all, it seems to me that the median Evanston teacher is pretty well paid for a job that requires far fewer annual hours of work than a typical full time job. Anyways, thank you for the data and the newsletter.