I left after 5 years, and pay was not the reason. My first corporate job was actually a lower salary than my last teaching job. Fixing the system and burnout is about way more than money.
Here’s a startling statistic: Nearly one out of every five teachers in America stops teaching after five years. This hurts our kids. Teachers deserve our support. That’s why I introduced a plan to raise teacher's pay an average of $13,500 a year.
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I have to echo the money was a motivator to leave BUT to your point, the system as a whole is what did me in. Increasing pay would probably help motivate some to stay but probably not the majority. An increase in salary is not the answer to unhappy staff, but a step.
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We salute you for championing teacher pay. Please know that the issues with K12 education do not begin and end with pay. There is much more to it. Thanks again!
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Agreed. We must also improve the financial situations of the students' families, which strongly influence educational outcomes. A
#UniversalBasicIncome would go a long way towards easing families' financial stresses.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2528798/ …
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NYC Teacher here who adores you: while increased pay is nice, what we really need are smaller class sizes and equitable funding for our students. Thank you for talking about education more than any other candidate. Keep fighting!
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So true! I taught 18 years in the Bronx...
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A pay raise is nice especially in a high cost of living state. But that is just the beginning. Let's take a look at class size , professional development, paid student teaching, raising stipends, better tax return for the supplies purchased with our own money.
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I would say across the country, class size would be the most beneficial to teachers and students. In all classes. Not just core courses as well.
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Works for me! Making the same as our similarly educated peers would also help us pay off those big student loans we took out so we could become teachers. Finished my degree 20 years ago and I’m still paying.
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I think it’s good that’s happening
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