Economist
blog post comparing teacher hours and salaries from around the OECD:
Quote:
ATTRACTING bright, motivated people into teaching is a struggle in many countries. Low pay is often blamed, especially when it is combined with long working hours. The difficulties of teacher recruitment, one argument goes, is why pupils in some countries do so poorly in school. But data from the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries, suggest that—at least for educational outcomes—neither hours nor pay matters much.
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Only those plumping for Canada would have to work longer for the extra money—by just half an hour a day.
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The long and short of it is that, relative to the OECD, Canadian teachers work some of the longest hours, are among the best paid, and Canadian students have some of the best PISA scores.
Worth noting, the chart does not directly compare salaries, but compares something called "Purchasing Power Parity."