Title: Opinion | The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries - The New York Times
Headings: The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries
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The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries

Content: We don’t.) In Finland and Singapore they pay for training. ( We don’t.) In terms of purchasing power, South Korea pays teachers on average 250 percent of what we do. And most of all, they trust their teachers. They are rightly seen as the solution, not the problem, and when improvement is needed, the school receives support and development, not punishment. Accordingly, turnover in these countries is startlingly low: In South Korea, it’s 1 percent per year. In Finland, it’s 2 percent. In Singapore, 3 percent.