The Fight Over Teacher Salaries

Teacher pay penalty still looms large: Trends in teacher wages and ...

Summary: Teacher pay has suffered a sharp decline compared with the pay of other college-educated workers. On average, teachers made 26.4% ...

The Fight Over Teacher Salaries: A Look At The Numbers - NPR

Below, you can see what teachers in each state and Washington, D.C., make before — and after — adjusting for regional cost differences. EdBuild ...

Teacher 'Pay Penalty' Reaches Record High | NEA

The average weekly wage for teachers in 2022, adjusted for inflation, plummeted from $1,457 in 2021 to $1,329 in 2022. The decline among other ...

Gains in Teacher Pay May Not be Enough to Ease Shortages | NEA

While teacher salaries are heading in the right direction, the growth has not yet made up for many years of underinvestment in educator pay.

The teacher pay penalty has hit a new high - Economic Policy Institute

The benefits advantage for teachers has not been enough to offset the growing wage penalty. The teacher total compensation penalty was 14.2% in ...

Teacher Salaries: A Critical Equity Issue

In about half of all U.S. states, the average teacher does not even earn a living wage needed to support a family. Inadequate compensation has predictable ...

The Great Teacher Salary Debate

Nationally, teachers earn 19% less than similarly skilled and educated professionals. This 'teaching penalty' has increased significantly over ...

Why not pay teachers $100000 a year? - The Washington Post

The average annual salary for public school teachers during 2021-2022 was $66,397, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, a ...

Exactly How Teachers Came to Be So Underpaid in America - Time

... salaries, benefits and funding for public education ... But like most stories, the fight over teacher pay has many shades of gray.

A closer look at why teachers are pushing for higher pay

Teacher salaries have been a major stressor behind strikes and a shortage in the profession. But the fight for higher wages is gaining steam.

Teacher salaries become a bipartisan cause: Low pay 'a major crisis ...

This "teacher pay penalty" has grown over the decades, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, hitting a new high in 2021. In ...

The Gap Between Teacher Pay and Other Professions Hits a New ...

Teachers are paid less than their college-educated peers in other professions—a trend that's only getting worse over time.

Teacher salaries rarely reflect the importance of their job. Why don't ...

There's no good argument against raising teachers' salaries. In times of financial hardship, it can be tempting for governments to see teacher salaries, the ...

Why some U.S. governors are calling for higher teacher pay

Governors in states across the country have called for higher teacher pay in recent months, while proposed federal legislation would set a ...

Raising public school teacher pay: What the research says

A key takeaway: An increase in base teacher pay reduces teacher turnover, a “pay effect [that] is largest for less experienced teachers, ...

Ways to reform teacher compensation, beyond a $60,000 minimum ...

This is in addition to calls for action from nearly a dozen state governors to meaningfully increase teacher pay during recent state of the ...

Fact Sheet: Yes, Increase the Salaries of All Teachers

Teachers are underpaid across the country · Teachers are working second jobs, and many are eligible for means-tested programs · Low teacher pay ...

What happened to the Biden / Harris promise of increasing teacher ...

The federal government has little, if any, influence over teacher salaries. Those are determined at the state or - more commonly - the ...

Is Congress going to raise teachers' salaries to $60K? - ABC News

Meanwhile, the U.S. Education Department has called for COVID-19 pandemic relief money from the federal government to be used to bump up teacher ...

The Truth about Teacher Pay | National Affairs

Teachers as a group are generally well compensated, and teacher pay and benefits have risen faster over time than compensation in private-sector jobs.