ughh, too much. All kids these days are pill popping, lazy, entitled brats.

Sounds like a parent problem, not a teacher problem.

My kids are honor students, thank you. They have have also been raised to work hard for what they get and to respect their elders.

District Low Salary High Salary Avg. Salary Avg. Fringe
Greenfield $ 30,066 $ 82,992 $ 56,970 $ 25,101
Greendale $ 37,539 $ 83,155 $ 59,006 $ 21,441
Whitnall $ 35,596 $ 72,260 $ 56,657 $ 22,840
West Allis – West Milw. $ 35,926 $ 83,561 $ 51,047 $ 23,389
Pewaukee $ 36,981 $ 95,333 $ 55,020 $ 24,217
Cudahy $ 32,254 $ 77,333 $ 60,020 $ 23,415
Racine $ 39,150 $ 74,242 $ 55,611 $ 18,680
St. Francis $ 36,909 $ 76,329 $ 57,441 $ 22,702
Wauwatosa $ 22,265 $ 74,030 $ 53,081 $ 23,683
Brown Deer $ 36,676 $ 73,679 $ 55,655 $ 21,691
New Berlin $ 27,671 $ 70,739 $ 51,813 $ 20,194
Menomonee Falls $ 37,169 $ 73,952 $ 60,980 $ 25,319
Waukesha $ 24,131 $ 93,313 $ 61,223 $ 26,250
South Milw. $ 38,791 $ 77,342 $ 63,875 $ 23,327
Oak Creek – Franklin $ 33,752 $ 78,059 $ 60,235 $ 29,523
Muskego – Norway $ 26,601 $ 75,194 $ 64,464 $ 25,794
Mukwonago $ 25,863 $ 81,979 $ 55,700 $ 26,959
Milwaukee $ 36,622 $ 101,343 $ 60,978 32,191
Mequon – Thiensville $ 38,336 77,705 $ 65,276 $ 24,226
Kenosha $ 37,259 $ 74,693 $ 61,872 $ 36,073
Glendale - River Hills $ 40,276 $ 79,362 $ 59,436 $ 30,428
Germantown $ 34,631 $ 76,286 $ 55,303 $ 22,796
Elmbrook $ 33,581 $ 80,152 $ 64,703 $ 23,970
Shorewood $ 37,350 $ 76,546 $ 62,225 $ 24,911

John, for once I have to agree with you, thank you for being a teacher.

Will the Patch provide the same data base for State level elected officials? Considering they work even less days than than teachers it would be fun to compare.

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Although probably not available, it would be interesting to compare these figures to those for teachers in non-public schools.

Mr Head get it out of your back side !! Teachers a worth more than 25 k .. Fair pay should be 50 k to 60 k ... I know people with a high school ed earning more .
I respect the teachers alot more then $ 25 K.

ARE worth -- type o

http://primaryschoolteachersalary.com/WI/1/salary/Private-School-Teacher-Salary

They are paid alot less than the Public teachers

what is the purpose of this story, if not to agitate to teaching profession. They pay for their own education, take mandated continuing education, are the subject of pranks and threats, baby sit for the parents, call the police when a student steals a muffin (real case), do homework on their own, face challenges every day from the education system and have to fight for a raise. God save the teachers..........they are the future of our society. Or would you rather rely on the I phone and Wickepedia for your education.

Meanwhile, the struggle to return sanity to the US and force integration into the financial reality of the 21st. C global economy and living in a post-peak oil world takes a bold leap forward.

Michigan takes a step in the right direction - will Wisconsin bravely follow Michigan's lead?

"* 'Right to work' could be approved within a week

* Stunning blow to organized labor

* Immediate impact blunted by "grandfather" clause

* Opponents vow to overturn new law

By Bernie Woodall

LANSING, Mich., Dec 7 (Reuters) - The proposed Michigan "right-to-work" law will not apply to existing union contracts, a leading sponsor of the proposal said on Friday, which may blunt its immediate impact on the huge auto industry in the state.

Michigan Republicans pushed through the state legislature on Thursday a law making the payment of union dues voluntary in the private sector. The state Senate also voted to apply this to the public sector except for police and fire unions."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/07/usa-unions-michigan-idUSL1E8N774Y20121207

Dick, There alot of other professions that have to take continuing ed classes too, and pay out of their own pockets. Teachers went through school like everyone else and know what goes on in schools. Other professions have to deal with their bosses as well, sometimes it is cut throat out there. A raise is not a given for everyone, the last 6-7 years. I'll admit teacher jobs are not easy, but so are other peoples jobs not easy. Why did you become a teacher???

The call to become a teacher is personal. However, many will say that children are our country's greatest resource and that being a part of their education is an honor. I am quite sure that those working in the "cut-throat" environment of the private sector work very hard. Why don't they become a teacher? Lack of respect and financial loss. Oh, and that thing about working for the good of self rather than society.