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- Broward district is asking voters to double tax rate to boost teacher pay, school safety
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Aug 12, 8:58 AM:
Broward voters are faced with whether they want to increase their property taxes for the next four years to finance raises for teachers, hire more school security staff and bolster mental health programs in Broward public schools >
- El Paso Harmony Public Schools invest in educators to retain them
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Aug 8, 10:55 AM:
As the national teacher shortage continues, Harmony Public Schools plans to invest in their educators to combat this issue.
- ‘Never seen it this bad’: America faces catastrophic teacher shortage
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Aug 3, 8:15 AM:
The teacher shortage in America has hit crisis levels — and school officials everywhere are scrambling to ensure that, as students return to classrooms, someone will be there to educate them.
- Strategic plan unveiled to recruit and retain educators in Pennsylvania
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Jul 26, 9:09 AM:
The Pennsylvania Department of Education recently released The Foundation of Our Economy: Pennsylvania Educator Workforce Strategy, 2022-2025, PDE’s strategic plan to recruit and retain more educators across the commonwealth. >
- Pa.’s teacher shortage is now a ‘crisis.’
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Jul 19, 8:29 AM:
The state Education Department on Monday laid out a road map for bolstering its number of teachers in the next three years, vowing immediate action to stem its “educator workforce crisis,” illustrated in the number of teachers it >
- The U.S. Education Secretary Wants To Build A Path To Teaching. The Problem With That Approach
- Jul 7, 6:02 AM: It's true that there needs to be a path to teaching, and that we need to be conscious of which populations that path does or does not serve.
- Largest teachers union: Florida is 9,000 teachers short for the upcoming school year
- Jul 5, 8:46 AM: A Florida Education Association report showed more than 9,500 teaching and support staff positions across the state of Florida are vacant.
- Law Signed by Governor Pays Eligible Students for Teacher Training
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Jun 1, 11:43 AM:
Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 1220, “Removing Barriers to Educator Preparation,” to provide stipends to eligible student teachers for teacher training and remove the Praxis standardized test as the only way to prove mastery >
- Texas is studying its chronic teacher shortages, but some experts already have a fix: Pay them more
- Mar 15, 9:31 AM: As the Texas Education Agency studies chronic teacher shortages in Texas, experts say teachers need better pay, not just easier ways into the profession.
- Mississippi Senate OKs pay bill ‘by teachers, for teachers’
- Mar 3, 6:19 AM: Mississippi senators acted quickly Wednesday to unanimously pass a teacher pay raise bill, sending it back to the House for possible debate within the next three weeks.
- Governor signs bill boosting teacher pay
- Mar 2, 6:50 AM: For New Mexico teachers like Laura Mayo-Rodriguez, being an educator during the COVID-19 pandemic has been about much more than math and reading.
- Following Texas, Oklahoma governor unveils plans to increase some teachers’ pay above $100K
- Feb 10, 10:09 AM: Oklahoma's governor is pushing a plan to pay high performing teachers a six-figure salary. The move follows a similar incentive-based plan in Texas that allows some teachers to receive $100,000 in salary.
- NC State Board of Education alters paid leave policy for teachers after backlash, but not everyone i
- Feb 4, 10:20 AM: The State Board of Education took away school districts' ability to determine what an acceptable reason is for taking personal leave on most days.
- SC Department of Education looks to raise teacher, bus driver salaries amid shortage
- Dec 29, 8:24 AM: As part of its budget request to lawmakers for the 2022-23 fiscal year, the South Carolina Department of Education is looking to increase salaries for two critical jobs: teachers and bus drivers.
- Missouri’s top educators pushing for teacher pay raise
- Dec 16, 9:42 AM: Missouri has the lowest starting teacher salary in the country, according to the National Education Association. Members of the Missouri Board of Education want to increase the salary by $10,000, but it needs approval from >
- Missouri ranks near the bottom in teacher pay; only 5 other states fare worse
- Dec 13, 8:57 AM: Missouri ranks low when it comes to paying teachers, and lags far behind national averages. Teachers in Missouri make made on average $50,817, which ranks 45th in the country for teacher pay, according to 2019-2020 data from the >
- ‘They deserve it’: Some TN educators get pandemic bonuses, amounts vary across districts
- Nov 24, 8:31 AM: The pandemic has put a strain on teachers no one could have anticipated just two years ago. Now, they're continuing to mitigate the learning losses many of their students face due to extended absences or other COVID >
- Gov. Beshear will ‘fight like heck’ to raise Kentucky teachers’ pay in upcoming session
- Nov 2, 5:23 AM: Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday that he will resume his push to raise teachers’ salaries as part of his proposed biennial budget, and a top Republican lawmaker said he expects “a robust conversation” on that topic during next year’s >
- IPS teachers are getting a 3% pay raise this year
- Oct 29, 6:07 AM: The Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners approved a raise for teachers Thursday evening. The new two-year collective bargaining agreement includes a roughly 3 percent increase in pay for the current year and a 3 >
- Fairfax County teachers demand compensation for teaching kids in quarantine
- Sep 24, 8:08 AM: Teachers in Fairfax County are asking for more money for what they say, will be more work and hours spent.
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