Educational resources are distributed unequally within large American cities, with poor and nonwhite neighborhoods receiving less than their share. An empirical analysis of data for nine large cities shows that teacher salary expenditures per pupil are lower in low-income and non-white...

Examines the application of a public employment wage determination model to the teaching profession in the United States. Issues posed by single-salary-scale restriction to the employment of quality teachers; Conditions for the application of the model; Hypotheses of salary determination....