Music Advocacy Facts

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Teachers earns an average of 20 percent less than those in other professions with comparable education and training.

From: Linda Darling-Hammond, B. Berry, and A. Thoreson, "Does Teacher Certification Matter? Evaluating the Evidence," Educational Evaluation & Policy Review, 23 (1) (2001), pp. 57-77. Source cited in No Dream Denied: A Pledge to America's Children.

Available here: National Commission On Teaching and America's Future

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