Q&A: Why schools have more money, but teachers aren’t making more
There’s been a puzzling trend over the last few decades: Adjusted for inflation, school funding has increased substantially, but teacher salaries have not. In recent years, real teacher pay has actually dipped as inflation surged. Pay matters for every profession, including teaching, for obvious reasons. It shapes who enters and stays in the work. Talented […]
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