TY - BOOK AU - Moulthrop,Daniel AU - Calegari,Nínive Clements AU - Eggers,Dave,author TI - Teachers have it easy: the big sacrifices and small salaries of America's teachers SN - 9781595581280 (pbk.) : AV - LB2842.22 .M68 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - New York, York PB - New Press, Signature Book Services [distributor] KW - Teachers KW - Salaries, etc KW - United States KW - Case studies KW - Workload KW - Job stress KW - Attitudes N1 - Originally published: 2005; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : Do teachers have it easy? ; Why Jonathan Dearman, the heartbeat of Leadership High School, left to sell real estate --The strange and incredible lives of your children's teachers : Look Dad, my biology teacher is selling stereos at Circuit City!" ; The teachers live in another town ; It's not a bad salary if you're single ; Driving the rustbucket -- Understanding, truly understanding, what goes into effective teaching : To be a teacher ; Teaching bell to bell ; A day in the life ; So why do they bother? -- Buying in, selling out, losing faith : Crisis of faith ; They left, here's why ; "I didn't want to be poor" -- Better schools begin with better pay : Success in reform ; Solutions that aren't ; Pay now or later ER -