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Sanders Warns 'Absurd' Low Pay of Teachers Fueling Public Education Crisis (www.commondreams.org)

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"We cannot continue to run our public education system on the backs of saints and martyrs," an elementary school teacher testified to a Senate committee.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, boggles my mind that people worry about culture war nuggets in schools when this is going on.

If I had a kid, to be blunt, I would care way more about how much the teacher is getting paid than pronoun usage or religious regulations. This goes for extreme progressive and conservative issues.