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TIMEs new cover: This is what its like to be a teacher in America
For many teachers, this years uprising is decades in the making. The countrys roughly 3.2 million full-time public-school teachers (kindergarten through high school) are experiencing some of the worst wage stagnation of any profession, earning less on average, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than they did in 1990, according to Department of Education (DOE) data.
Meanwhile, the pay gap between teachers and other comparably educated professionals is now the largest on record. In 1994, public-school teachers in the U.S. earned 1.8% less per week than comparable workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a left-leaning think tank. By last year, they made 18.7% less. The situation is particularly grim in states such as Oklahoma, where teachers inflation-adjusted salaries actually decreased by about $8,000 in the last decade, to an average of $45,245 in 2016, according to DOE data. In Arizona, teachers average inflation-adjusted annual wages are down $5,000.
Meanwhile, the pay gap between teachers and other comparably educated professionals is now the largest on record. In 1994, public-school teachers in the U.S. earned 1.8% less per week than comparable workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a left-leaning think tank. By last year, they made 18.7% less. The situation is particularly grim in states such as Oklahoma, where teachers inflation-adjusted salaries actually decreased by about $8,000 in the last decade, to an average of $45,245 in 2016, according to DOE data. In Arizona, teachers average inflation-adjusted annual wages are down $5,000.
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It can't be overnight. The state of Illinois would have to change it's constitution
mucifer
Sep 2018
#4
You'd be surprised how fast pensions get lost in the negotiations over bankruptcy.
Nitram
Sep 2018
#14
Yes, there is a wide disparity I think between states/districts. My daughter is a teacher in a
seaglass
Sep 2018
#5
They impart knowledge to the next generation and this government wants to keep them ill informed
Soph0571
Sep 2018
#10
right now the government IS Repulican. But they hate it for a few reasons. Religion and money at the
TeamPooka
Sep 2018
#56
govt is us. we let 1500 radio stations spew pub ed privatization bullshit for 30 years
certainot
Sep 2018
#31
I was going to give you a researched range and what I recall from articles BUT
bucolic_frolic
Sep 2018
#49
The mantra of cut taxes, cut taxes, cut taxes in order to gain political office (the repugs in ...)
SWBTATTReg
Sep 2018
#9
The median starting salary in Canada is $50,000 and health care is free nationwide.
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2018
#15
But they're only supposed to work until they get married and have a man for support !
eppur_se_muova
Sep 2018
#52
I left teaching in 2006.i had only a bachelors degree. my salary was $89,200 per year.
3Hotdogs
Sep 2018
#53