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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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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You'd have to pay me a half million a year to be a teacher. It's insane people still take a job that stressful and demanding for such little money, only to be told they're overpaid.