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>>administrators should not be paid triple or quadruple what the
>>classroom teachers get paid.

>In my more revolutionary moods I think that we (yes, you, me and
>the rest of the public) should fire all the administrators unequivocally.  But
>then a calmer mood will overtake me and I'll decide that giving every school
>district in the nation three years to scale administration salaries down to
>equal pay with the teachers would perhaps suffice.  Rod Hauser

Consider another way to establish parity between administrators and
teachers.  Most administrative certificates require a teaching
certificate.  Make the administrators use these certificates by teaching
one hour each day in their district.  This would ensure that
principals/asst. principals/superintendents maintained some contact with
the students and teachers.  It would also force district level
administrators to have offices somewhere near a district school.  Finally,
it would also reward with higher salaries those people who are both good
teachers and good administrators; rather than providing positions which
are sometimes used to "escape" teaching. 

I realize that some administrators for transportation, maintenance, food
service, or business might have to be exempted, but I think the general
idea is still valid.   

Not only school administrators but administrators at the
university, government, and 'non-profit' agency levels.  THe
university is the worst imbalance where you have talented,
bright individuals with advance degrees earning 1/3 or 1/4 
of the salaries public relations and other administrators 
earn who have neither advanced degrees nor extensive experience.  
Even among universities there is a tremendous inequity.  Extremely large
university administrators with loads of responsibility often
received salaries on par with smaller universities.
'Non-profit' organization administrators, like hospitals,
receive outrageously high salaries that are taken out of our
insurance dollars.   

It seems like the "CEO Syndrome" has permeated all of the world
of employment and it has to stop.  We can't afford to pay
untalented but politically connected individuals 2 and 3 times
what others are receiving.  It has to be nationwide and
probably legislated.  People have to become more aware of
salary discrepancies and less willing to accept the word of
individuals who say they are necessary.  If money is the only
motivation for an individual to accept a job then that
individual shouldn't be given the position of responsibility.
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