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This 8 page paper discusses the controversial subject of the teaching profession. Specifically, the writer reports the changes in the profession by citing salaries that were awarded by gender in the 19th century and the rules for teachers in the 19th century. The essay then includes discussions of the social inequity of teacher salaries by comparing the salaries of teachers and private sector employees with the same level of education. 3 Tables included. Significant data included. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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and talented young [persons] from the ranks of the teachers profession." Sound familiar? This could have been written today but it wasnt. Horace Mann made this statement in 1847 (Eakin,
2000). Teachers salaries not only differed vastly between states in that era, they differed by gender. Consider this table, which reflects the average monthly salaries of teachers in 1847: State
Men Women Connecticut $16.00 $6.50 Indiana $12.00 $6.00 Massachusetts $25.44 $11.38 Ohio $15.42` $8.73 (Source: Eakin, 2000). One thing has changed
in the teaching ranks, teachers of both genders are paid the same amount and salary differences are based on other factors, like advanced degrees and number of years of experience.
The statement that Mann made regarding persons in the private sector earning more is still true. Studies consistently confirm this inequity. The rules for teachers have changed dramatically since that
era, also. Consider, * Teachers each day will fill lamps, clean chimneys (Michael, nd). * Women teachers who marry or engage in unseemly conduct will be dismissed (Michael, nd).
* After ten hours on school, the teachers may spend the remaining time reading the bible or other good books (Michael, nd). * Any teacher who smokes, uses liquor in
any form, frequents pool or public halls, or gets shaved in a barber shop will give good reason to suspect his worth, intention, integrity and honesty (Michael, nd). * The
teacher who performs his labor faithfully and without fault for five years will be given an increase of twenty-five cents per week in his pay, providing the Board of Education
approves (Michael, nd). These are only a few of the rules for teachers in 1872 (Michael, nd). The rules suggest the public believed that teachers were to be a role
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