http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/changing-market-for-teacher-health-care/ Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:31:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/changing-market-for-teacher-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-1135 Lucas Showerman Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:17:38 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/?p=1120#comment-1135 I hope that teachers won't get all of their health benefits removed because most schools require that teachers work on getting a master either during teaching or before teaching. The actual pay without benefits is very small (http://www.payscale.com/research/US/All_K-12_Teachers/Salary), most non-teachers that have a Masters degree get at least an $80k a year beginning salary, and a teacher who has been working for over 20 years only makes as much as $56k. Health insurance is what makes being a teacher worth it, instead of going into the job market. I hope that teachers won’t get all of their health benefits removed because most schools require that teachers work on getting a master either during teaching or before teaching. The actual pay without benefits is very small (http://www.payscale.com/research/US/All_K-12_Teachers/Salary), most non-teachers that have a Masters degree get at least an $80k a year beginning salary, and a teacher who has been working for over 20 years only makes as much as $56k. Health insurance is what makes being a teacher worth it, instead of going into the job market.

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