European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes education wednesday october 5,1994teachers pay fails to Malte Grad average teacher salaries state by state list of average teacher salaries for the 1993-94 $. School year and the percentage change from the previous year As compiled by the american federation of teachers. State average eatery a change state average % salary change Alabama Alaska. Arizona. Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware . Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa. Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri $28,359 $47,902 $31,825 $28,312 $40,836 $33,826 $50,389 $37,469 $43,014 $31,944 $29,214 $38,564 $27,756 $39,416 $35,741 $30,760 $31,700 $31,639 $26,243 $30,996 $39,475 $38,960 $45,218 $36,146 $25,153 $30,324 6.3 2.4 1.5 1.8 1.5 0.6 3.0 3.5 10.2 2.5 1.6 0.3 2.8 1.9 1.9 2.1 3.2 1.7 0.5 2.5 1.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2, 3.2. Montana Nebraska Nevada r new Hampshire new Jersey new Mexico new York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia. Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming $26,200 $29,564 $37,161 $34,121 $45,562 $27,922 $45,772 $29,727 $25,506 $35,912 $27,612 $37,589 $42,411 $39,261 $29,414 $25,259 $30,514 $30,519 $28,056 $34,517 $33,472 $35,860 $30,549 $36,644 $30,954 2.1 2.8. -0.50.6 4.8 5.2 1.7 1.4 1.2 3.2 4.7 4.6 2.9 3.5 0,7 4.0 5.4 2.0 3.0 -0.9 3.6 0.3 0.8 average $36,813 &3despite increases wages fall behind inflation rates amps by Carole Feldman a education writer Washington pay for americans teachers climbed an average of 2.3 percent last year a rate that failed to keep Ace with inflation a teachers Union said tuesday. The average teacher salary nationwide reached $35,813, according to the american federation of teachers. The Union said the 1993-94 increase compared with inflation of 2.7 percent As measured by the consumer Price Index for 1993. Through August inflation was running at an annual rate of 2.9 percent in 1994. The aft said it marked Only the second time since 1981 that teacher salaries dropped after adjusting for inflation. _ after two years without a raise Washington , teachers got a 10.2 percent increase a the biggest in the nation. Teachers in two states Nevada and Vermont lost Money. A was we near a critical mass of support for the. Idea that schools must demand More of students academically the need for training recruiting and keeping the Best teachers Speaks for itself a Edward Mceroy the aft a Secretary treasurer said. A no other expenditure amounts to a. More direct investment in the academic achievement of students or better reflects the level of commitment to the academic Mission of  the aft a annual Survey of Federal and state departments of education showed that teachers in Connecticut had the highest average salary $50,389, and those in Mississippi had the lowest $25,153. But taking in account differences in the Cost of living around the country the 850,000-member Union said Michigan teachers came out on top and North Dakota teachers were on Bottom. With the exception of Alaska Jhc 10 highest paying states had teachers More experienced than the National average. The 10 lowest paying states with the exception of Mississippi had teachers with less experience than the National average the Union said since the 1980-81 school year the aft said teacher salaries have More than doubled in half the states. Beginning teachers were paid an aver age $23,258 in the 1993-94 school year up 2.2 percent from the previous year. City Hopes private business will offer textbook in Success by Brigitte Greenberg associated press Hartford Conn. A a desperate to find Quot a remedy for High dropout rates Low test scores and  ing buildings Hartford has become the nations first City to put a private company in charge of its entire Public school system. After contentious debate the Board of education voted 6-3 on monday to make education alternatives inc. Responsible for the education of 25,000 children in 32 schools. A this Marks a Milestone in Pursuit of academic excellence for our children a said school Board member Ted Carroll. A change is never  _ but there were Many dissenters among the 120 Yelling stomping screaming and cheering parents and teachers at the Board meeting. A what we re going to have left is nothing for the children. You treat them like so much livestock a Parent Steven Fournier hollered at the Board. A this is an inv lation to  education alternatives which manages nine Public schools in Baltimore and one in Miami Beach fla., has promised to raise Hartford a test scores without spending More Money by using a system i Calls the Tess act Way. The name is from Madeleine la Engles children s Book a wrinkle in time which describes a corridor for travelling to new worlds. The system relies on computers and Parent participation. Pupils help set their own goals and work in groups at their own Pace. Under the five year contract education alternatives will essentially control the schools $171.1 million budget As Well As $29 million in state and Federal Grants. It will pay All Bills buy supplies and have a key role in Union negotiations and hiring and firing school personnel in the City of 140,000. The publicly held company can earn profits after All expenditures Are paid. _ education alternatives said it would invest $1.6 million in schools and about $14 million in teaching technology such As computers and school operations. The company plans $20 million in capital investments Over the next five years. The company will report to the superintendent and the Board can cancel the contract with 90 Days notice. A a lawsuit by the Hartford federation of teachers to Block the contract was dismissed last month. Local state and Federal teachers unions have contended the company has no data to Back up its promises and is More concerned with profits than with pupils. The american federation of teachers Union has recommended a moratorium on contracts with education alternatives. But teacher Jane Carroll wife of Board member Ted Carroll favored the move. A a my morale As a teacher will climb considerably when i have a copy machine to use when i have paper that i done a have to buy myself when i have construe Tion paper when my child has a Globe in her geography class a she said. A i will Feci a lot  education alternatives is using the Tess act system at the school in Miami Beach and in Baltimore where it has operated eight elementary schools and one Middle school for two  a v instead of one teacher lecturing pupils a master teacher and an associate Are. Used. Together they de Termine How each child learns Best and individual learning plans Are made. Academic Competition Between children is discouraged and traditional grades Are discarded. Parents Are required to attend four con Terence with teachers each year and the staff closely tracks each Pupil s Progress by computer. Initially Baltimore teachers complained that they weren to trained enough in the system and that teacher aides were replaced by better educated but lower paid interns. But things improved As teachers Learned the system computers were installed and a settlement was worked out allowing the aides to go to new jobs such As computer tutoring. In August 1993, the company said that in three months it had raised test scores an average of nearly an entire Grade Geyelin its Baltimore schools but after an aft study found a decline in 1992-93 test scores at those schools education alternatives admitted making a a unintentional  the company said that the scores came from a transition year when its programs were not yet in place and that it would take at least three years for academic improvements to show. A. Education alternatives which was started in 19s6 also manages a private school in Minnesota and one in Arizona. It reported net earnings of about $2.5 million in fiscal 1994 and about $1.1 million in fiscal 1993 tribal school s lessons lose Little in translation Sault Ste. Marie Mich. A it did no to take Long for Darren Frechetter a fifth Grade pupils to see How different things would be at their new Indian tribal school. For. Their first lesson in the Ojibwa language Frechette sat with the pupils. He was learning Quot a Antish  a language instructor Adrienne Shipman addressed the group. Translation a what is your name a a emr. Frechette Dizh Nikaan a a he replied meaning a my name is or.  / it was no Accident that an introduction to the pupils native Tongue was among the first activities when the Bah Weting Sault Ojibwa school opened its doors. The school operated by the Sault St. Marie tribe of Chippewa indians teaches the three res science and social studies. But its 166 pupils in kindergarten through sixth Grade also will be immersed in their native language and culture. Instruction is based on cultural themes that change every nine weeks. For example if the fall quarters topic is traditional dancing pupils will research the subject in history class write about it during English and use traditional dancers As numbers during math. R american children think and work to a stoically. This can be seen in our religious practices and ceremonies a principal Tom Topash said. What we be done is translated that into thematic instruction. I believe it will make our children  a ers. Want the youngsters to get a solid grounding in Basic subjects needed for Success in modern life but also to carry on ancient traditions and especially the native language. Language is one of the biggest things that a going to hold the Sault tribe together a Bea Peters said As she kissed her youngest daughter Oli via and pointed her toward the fourth Grade classroom. A in most schools you la almost never see a native teacher or  is a Pokagon potawatomi and five of the schools seven teachers Are indians