# Do school teachers in high demand areas like math & science make more money than other teachers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 10, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-school-teachers-in-high-demand-areas-like-math-science-make-more-money-than-other-teachers/538882 "2010-05-10T05:12:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-school-teachers-in-high-demand-areas-like-math-science-make-more-money-than-other-teachers/538882/21 "2010-05-11T06:35:15Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > wat Why the wat? That’s what their manifesto says. As far as I’m aware you only need a degree of any level to get onto a teacher training programme, although the Labour government was in the process of working teaching up to a Masters level profession too. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-school-teachers-in-high-demand-areas-like-math-science-make-more-money-than-other-teachers/538882/22 "2010-05-11T15:13:59Z")
A year ago, Georgia elected to give new science and/or math teachers a five-year advance on the salary scale. I don’t know if any of them got the advance, since the economy sucked so bad that teachers were furloughed all over the state. Teacher layoffs will be legion here this spring. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-school-teachers-in-high-demand-areas-like-math-science-make-more-money-than-other-teachers/538882/23 "2010-05-11T19:55:58Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > Why the wat? That’s what their manifesto says. As far as I’m aware you only need a degree of any level to get onto a teacher training programme, although the Labour government was in the process of working teaching up to a Masters level profession too. I think he was asking what a “2:2 degree” is. I’ve never heard the expression, either. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-school-teachers-in-high-demand-areas-like-math-science-make-more-money-than-other-teachers/538882/24 "2010-05-11T21:05:26Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:23, topic:538882”] I think he was asking what a “2:2 degree” is. I’ve never heard the expression, either. [/QUOTE] CRSP is from the UK so he should have done. When you get a degree you get (in descending order) either a first, a 2:1, a 2:2 or a pass. So at the moment you just need to pass, but the Cons want to raise the bar up to a 2:2 as the minimum threshold. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-school-teachers-in-high-demand-areas-like-math-science-make-more-money-than-other-teachers/538882/25 "2010-05-11T21:46:18Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > CRSP is from the UK so he should have done. > > When you get a degree you get (in descending order) either a first, a 2:1, a 2:2 or a pass. So at the moment you just need to pass, but the Cons want to raise the bar up to a 2:2 as the minimum threshold. Isn’t there also a Third somewhere in there? ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-school-teachers-in-high-demand-areas-like-math-science-make-more-money-than-other-teachers/538882/26 "2010-05-11T22:09:27Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Isn’t there also a Third somewhere in there? Oh, yeah - whoops :o It’s between 2:2 and pass. The less charitable description of a pass is a gentleman’s fail - it basically says you went to the university but know little more than the bare minimum for the subject. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-school-teachers-in-high-demand-areas-like-math-science-make-more-money-than-other-teachers/538882/27 "2010-05-12T21:37:01Z")
Speaking as an ex High School and also an ex College teacher… No. I actually brought it up and I thought they would beat the crap out of me. Humanities faculty, in particular, were especially irritated/upset. Why should you get paid more for doing the same job?! Well, saying … because I am in higher demand!..would have resulted in my death or severe beating. 🙂 It is wrong. Math/Science etc SHOULD be paid more…maybe much more, IMO. However, as one poster has said…you have much more jobs to choose from…even though they all pay shit. Many Humanities teachers I knew had real problems finding jobs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-school-teachers-in-high-demand-areas-like-math-science-make-more-money-than-other-teachers/538882.md?page=1)