But what it means in practice is that the best and most experienced teachers choose good schools, and starting teachers, who don't know much, get stuck in bad schools in bad neighborhoods, which is where you really need good teachers.
Karen Joseph, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey Education Association, said starting teachers at Hamilton are paid an annual salary of $30,321, which rises to a maximum of $54,000 after 13 years.
In the debate today at the union meeting both sides said they sought to increase teachers' salaries overall, noting that starting teachers in 1998-1999 eanned averageage of less than $27,000 a year, far less, they said, than recent college graduates with similar credentials.
For example, while it has long been known that the salary for starting teachers in New York City -- roughly $30,000 -- is about 25percentt less than for those in the surrounding suburbs, the study found that that is not the case in the state's other major metropolitan areas.
The fact that teachers in the beginning of their career complain more than in the end of their career emphasizes the importance of adequate aimed prevention programs for future teachers and for starting teachers with regard to their voice.
Carpenter is in her first year at TEP, which opened in 2009 with much national fanfare for its fresh ideas -- most prominently its promise to pay starting teachers $125,000 a year, 40percentt more than the city's starting rate.
