$100,000 a year teachers in Arizona

by David Safier
According to commmenter CCUSD Watch,

The Basis schools in Tucson and Scottsdale are charter schools, meaning they can't pay their teachers 100 grand each on their per student state funding unless they want to make sacrifices like the NY charter school planning to pay its teachers $125,000 a year. Note that the salaries come courtesy of a grant and fundraising, not by making cuts in other areas.

This is not meant to be a criticism in any way. The point I'm making is, they're paying teachers more by raising the amount they spend per student, supplementing their state money with outside funds. Education costs money, and, all else being equal, better education costs more money.

I'm not sure if BASIS here in Tucson pays its teachers at the same salary level as those in Scottsdale. I do know the Tucson school was ranked the third best high school in the nation by Newsweek. I'm sure the Scottsdale school is strong academically as well.