"A music video called “I just sued the school system” by rapper Prince Ea has gone viral on social media with its own pop recipe for how to fix the nation’s education system.
In the video, Prince Ea states that teachers are underpaid. “Teachers should earn just as much as doctors,” he states.
...But if the amount of training and skill needed to be a teacher is equivalent to that of a full medical doctor — which is what the suggestion they should get equivalent pay implies — then transitioning to this would come with a steep price tag.
The 101,025 teachers in Michigan earned an average $61,978 in 2014-15, the latest year for which data is available.
The average pay for family practitioners and pediatricians nationwide was $189,000 a year according to a 2012 survey done by Merritt Hawkins & Associates.
The 101,025 teachers in Michigan earned an average $61,978 in 2014-15, the latest year for which data is available.
The average pay for family practitioners and pediatricians nationwide was $189,000 a year according to a 2012 survey done by Merritt Hawkins & Associates.
...Increasing the salary of all of Michigan’s public school teachers from $61,978 to $189,000 would cost every person in Michigan $1,283 annually, or $12.8 billion..."
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