Do you have a sense for what types of staff are being added to get at higher staffing levels? It is it more paraprofessionals, more administrative staff, something else?
Absolutely, and I suspect it varies. I'd like to see more choice for teachers, a la this NYC charter that has fewer staff but pays its teachers $140,000 / year: https://tepcharter.org/press/
Do you have a sense for what types of staff are being added to get at higher staffing levels? It is it more paraprofessionals, more administrative staff, something else?
Marguerite Roza and I dug into this a couple years ago. It's really every type of staff. The one exception is librarians, but everything else is up. Here's our piece: https://www.educationnext.org/new-federal-money-coming-to-schools-other-options-for-spending-it-than-hiring-more-staff/
Interesting - thanks for sharing! I wonder what classroom teachers would prefer in terms of investments and tradeoffs.
Absolutely, and I suspect it varies. I'd like to see more choice for teachers, a la this NYC charter that has fewer staff but pays its teachers $140,000 / year: https://tepcharter.org/press/
Check out Washington state. We got a BiG raise 7 or 8 years ago through legislative action