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‘Can’t pay their bills with love’: In many teaching jobs, teachers’ salaries can’t cover rent

New teachers can’t afford median rent almost anywhere. Our city-by-city analysis validates a theme in teacher strikes. But that’s not the full story

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13 Stories of Life on a Teacher’s Salary

Despite nationwide walk-outs and protests in the spring of 2018, most teachers face the same conditions — including low pay, crumbling facilities, and outdated textbooks — as they return to

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Average Teacher Salary Is Below the Living Wage in Half the Country, Report Says

In more than half the states, the average teacher is not making a living wage, a new report says. In this report, researchers at the nonprofit Education Resource Strategies make the

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Teachers Shape the Next Generation, But Can They Live Off Their Salaries?

They are charged with educating the next generation. Yet their salaries are notoriously low. These economic struggles can be understood with …

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Too many teachers in the US are struggling to get by. Here’s what we can do to help.

We entrust teachers with the world’s most important job: educating our kids, says researcher and dean Gregg Garn. So why aren’t we paying and treating them in a way that

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Switzerland and Japan Are the World’s Best Countries

The global view of the U.S. as a trustworthy nation drops for the third consecutive year in the Best Countries survey assessing 80 nations.

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Kamala Harris Wants to Boost Average Teacher’s Pay by $13,500

California Sen. Kamala Harris, a Democratic presidential candidate, unveiled a $315 billion plan Tuesday to give public school teachers across the country an average $13,500 raise — a plan her campaign is calling “the

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7 Ways for Teachers to Make Extra Money This Summer

TEACHER SALARIES VARY widely by location, level taught, type of institution and a slew of other factors. But the data are clear: Teaching isn’t typically a lucrative career. Even a

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Study: South Carolina Teachers Poorer Today Than in 2008

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A study by the National Education Association says South Carolina teachers are poorer today than they were during the Great Recession. The Post and Courier reported Tuesday that the

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Three Mistakes We Need To Fix If We Want Education Reform To Succeed

Education reform has come under attack lately, and not just from the usual suspects. Some of the critics are reformers themselves. Others have responded that reform is working just fine.

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