For Many Public Schools, Teachers Are a Minority of Employees
Outnumbered by administrators and support staff
Each day, students in 21 states will see more librarians, bus drivers, coaches and cafeteria workers than teachers, according to a new study that examined school hiring patterns over the past two decades.
The report, released Thursday by the Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice, found that Virginia, Ohio, Oregon, Maine, Indiana and a number of states — and the District of Columbia — employ more non-classroom personnel than teachers, some by a wide margin.
Virginia came in at the top of the list, with 60,737 more non-teaching staff than instructors, according to the study. Ohio was No. 2, with a disparity of 19,040.
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