At 04:32 PM 7/30/97 -0400, Arlyn Danielson wrote:
>I think the reason for this current
>discrepancy in salaries with school teachers is that public education is
>viewed at as a necessity, while museums are looked more on as a luxury

Actually, I believe it more likely that there are a lot more qualified
people who want to work in museums than there are qualified (or even
unqualified) people who want to teach. I know that in our local school
district, they are looking at a projected 75% turnover in the teaching
force over the next eight years. No one knows where they will come from. We
get piles of resumes for our museum job listings.

Susan Wageman
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