On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:03 AM, GS Chandy <gs_chandy@yahoo.com> wrote: > The 'Education Debate': > > Paul A. Tanner III (and others on his side of the debate) claim that US teachers - comparing them with teachers in Japan, Finland, etc - are severely overworked and hugely underpaid. > > - -- As a citizen of India (where we generally earn only small fractions of what is earned in the US for equivalent works), I'm unable to judge the reality. Paul Tanner may be right - or he may be wrong. I've tried quite hard to pay proper attention to the welter of figures and inferences provided. I must say I couldn't make out the 'reality' underlying those claims. >
Please do not let those who deny fact and make false claims confuse you.