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The percent has teacher salary dropped each year from 1970
What is 2%
The page in which Myth 10 starts
What is 54
A teacher’s salary and additional benefits per year in Alberta, Canada
What is $92,500 with $7,000+ in benefits
OECD
What is Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The number of public school teachers are there in the U.S.
3.3 million
The first point made in the second paragraph in myth 10
What is relative to the wages of other workers with similar levels of education
A teacher’s salary per year in Belgium, Denmark
What is $90,000 or more
The country that teachers earn large bonuses ($10,000+) after a few years
What is Singapore
The percent of a students academic success in school that is attributed to school
What is less than 30%
The second point made in the second paragraph in myth 10
Based on the amount of time spent teaching each day
A teacher’s salary per year in South Korea
$16,000-$37,000
The number of countries that are a part of OECD
What is 35
The amount of money 10% of teachers spend on their classrooms
What is $1,000
The third point made in the second paragraph in myth 10
What is the terms of the salary differentials between starting and experienced teachers
A teacher's salary per year in New Zealand
What is $33,000
Amount of money the average US teacher spends on their classroom
What is $500
The percent of teachers’ salaries that are spent on the educational system in which they work
What is 1 or 2%
The fourth point made in the second paragraph in myth 10
What is in relation to salary trends over the past decade
A teacher’s salary per year in South Africa
What is $30,000
The percentage wages would have to increase to attract significant numbers of undergraduate science and technology majors into teaching
What is 50%