Joanne Jacobs
California teachers seek 50% pay raise
Raising teacher and staff pay by 50 percent over seven years is "a big and bold idea," says the president of the California Federation of...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 24
- 2 min
'Poor, pitiful me' message discourages would-be teachers
The "underpaid-teacher meme" is discouraging college students interested in teaching from pursuing the career, according to new studies...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Teacher pay: U.S. chose quantity over quality
U.S. teachers would earn a lot more if schools had invested in quality rather than quantity, argues Fordham's Chester E. Finn Jr. In his...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 1
- 2 min
'American Teacher Act' would set $60K base pay for teachers
Teacher pay should start at a minimum of $60,000 a year, said advocates of the American Teacher Act at the U.S. Capitol last week,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 6, 2022
- 1 min
How to get more new teachers
Fewer people are training to be teachers, writes Chad Aldeman, policy director of Georgetown's Edunomics Lab, in Education Next. "There...
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