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Published: 06/5/09

New School Hopes Six-Figure Teacher Salaries Pave Way to Success

By  Sam Guzik - Politics Daily
New School Hopes Six-Figure Teacher Salaries Pave Way to Success

People everywhere envy teachers for the comfortable schedule, reliable benefits, and job security, but teachers are not known for their lucrative compensation packages. A new charter school in New York City is looking to change that by offering six-figure salaries to recruit the best teachers. The school, scheduled to open next fall for 120 fifth-graders, will offer its eight teachers yearly salaries of $125,000 with the potential for additional performance-based bonuses, more than twice the salary for New York City public school teachers and nearly two-and-a-half times the national average ...

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