• xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    Best thing we can do to help the children is to pay teachers substantially more. Until then, things like this will keep happening.

      • Ilovemyirishtemper@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Sadly, the low pay for teachers is pretty pervasive across the entire US. My first teaching job paid $36k per year in Wisconsin in 2013. Luckily, rent wasn’t quite so expensive back then, but it’s still an outrageously low income for what is expected from teachers. I don’t know a single teacher who either doesn’t have a second job or a spouse that makes quite a bit of money.