It has been just over 300 days since I started this blog, and in that time, I have written 95 posts. I started it as a dinky little Tumblr account, and have grown into a full-on Blog. And while I started by just sharing this with my students and friends, there are now people, whom I have never […]
Compensation
How much do Charter School Executives make?
Michelle King, the Superintendent of LAUSD makes $350,000 per year. She gets paid the big bucks because she is the leader of the second largest school district in the country. She has 639,000 (give or take) students under her purview – that number includes charter schools which LAUSD oversees. So here is a simple question – […]
Charter CEO Compensation Has A Surprising Outlier
I was looking for something for my posts on co-location, when I ran into a very strange data point that I thought I would highlight. Since Charters are non profits, they have to file 990 forms with IRS, which detail the pay of their officers. I was snooping around looking for something else, but I […]
Principal Compensation: Green Dot vs. Alliance vs. LAUSD
Yesterday, I took a look at median teacher salaries in LAUSD and two prominent LA charters: Green Dot and Alliance College Ready. There was a dramatic difference between median base salaries at LAUSD and the charters, and I attributed that to the level of experience and age of the teachers, as well as a union […]
Compensation Comparison: LAUSD vs. Green Dot vs. Alliance
Yeah. I’m going there. Let’s compare some salaries. Before I do, a caveat: Salaries are (usually) a reflection of experience and age, and the differences between salaries are not necessarily a reflection of unequal pay, but may simply be an indication in a difference in the workforce attributes. I am not suggesting that the compensation […]