re: #108 engineer dog

my overall impression is that it is hard to attract and keep good teachers, altho i can’t cite any documentation on that point

but it certainly seems to come in at the low end of remuneration for professions requiring college degrees

Teaching degrees are easier to come by than degrees in, say, organic chemistry. Working conditions are safer than, say, oceanography. A lot of what happens in the world of salaries happens for sensible economic reasons.