He didn't even teach from the MDN website? W3 Schools is terrible, at least MDN has much better documentation...
On a more serious note though: I recently graduated from a private university in upstate NY (probably wasn't worth the tuition, but as an 18 year old I wasn't very informed past "the culture of this school seems great!", and it admittedly worked out), and they have similar issues.
I worked with a few students who helped with setting up websites and the like for some of the higher-level administration, and it's an absolute sham how much money goes into administrative positions, sports, and shiny new dorms instead of academic programs and necessary infrastructure (anybody else's class enrollment done via a 1980s mainframe that crashes every enrollment period for hours?). Because their tech infrastructure was so bad, I actually once got to see some of their salary information... and let me just say, you've got to go a long way down the list of top salaries before you get to somebody who's set foot in a classroom in the past 10 years. And who doesn't have an MBA.
Admittedly anecdotal, but I wonder if some state schools have visible budgets where we could look into this stuff.
In both cases, professors aren't the highest paid, but they do show up in the top 5. Not that this is exhaustive or necessarily representative, but it shows that for at least these two schools, it's not terrible. The gap between the highest paid and the highest paid professor is substantial though.
What's more disconcerting, is looking at the highest paid in public schools vs the highest paid teachers. Again, this data is only for Washington state [3]. Sorting by highest total compensation, the highest paid teacher shows up at 234th highest paid. Next highest paid teachers are at 1,804, then 2,235, 2,294 and sporadically thereafter.
Given the average salary data [4], it's pretty clear that Washington state public schools are overrun by administrators. I suspect that exchanging most administration for teachers that have the same existing teacher pay would go a long way to bringing the student/teacher ratio to more appropriate levels, reducing teacher stress and increasing student outcomes. Or maybe we could get more teachers and raise their pay.
I believe reducing the student/teacher ratio will allow teachers to handle a lot of the stuff administration already does, which, if true, would demonstrate how administrator's aren't just not needed, but are actively detrimental to a good school.
On a more serious note though: I recently graduated from a private university in upstate NY (probably wasn't worth the tuition, but as an 18 year old I wasn't very informed past "the culture of this school seems great!", and it admittedly worked out), and they have similar issues.
I worked with a few students who helped with setting up websites and the like for some of the higher-level administration, and it's an absolute sham how much money goes into administrative positions, sports, and shiny new dorms instead of academic programs and necessary infrastructure (anybody else's class enrollment done via a 1980s mainframe that crashes every enrollment period for hours?). Because their tech infrastructure was so bad, I actually once got to see some of their salary information... and let me just say, you've got to go a long way down the list of top salaries before you get to somebody who's set foot in a classroom in the past 10 years. And who doesn't have an MBA.
Admittedly anecdotal, but I wonder if some state schools have visible budgets where we could look into this stuff.