Teacher Pay & Advocacy
Teacher Salary Stories: A Kansas Elementary Teacher Earning $55,000 in 2024
"I plan to stay in education only because my degree is not transferable to anything other than childcare. I cannot afford more education."
Teacher Salary Stories: A Northern Virginia Librarian Earning $95,100 in 2024
"People lament the difficulty schools face in hiring and retaining teachers, yet balk at the notion of higher taxes needed to pay their salaries."
Teacher Salary Stories: A Kentucky Librarian With Nearly 30 Years Experience Earning $66,000 in 2024
She says teacher salaries should reflect the high honor and responsibility of educating the next generation.
Teacher Salary Stories: An Australian 3rd Grade Teacher Earning $76,000 USD in 2024
"I can't imagine what my life would be like in California."
Teachers Are Confessing How They Cut Corners at Work, and It Says a Lot About Why We Have Shortages
Is teaching even sustainable anymore?
Teacher Salary Stories: A California Social Science Teacher Earning $131,000 in 2024
"It is the only career I ever wanted, and still the only thing I want to do."
Grades:
Elementary School
Teacher Salary Stories: An Elementary Art Teacher Making $40,200 in Northeast Florida
"The sad part is the cost of living increases have not matched up to the actual cost of living."
Teacher Salary Stories: A Texas Social Studies Teacher With 21 Years Experience Making $71,700
"We've had to tell our kids there are things they can't be involved in because we don't have the money."
Are Women Teachers Treated Worse?
"When a male colleague reaches a difficult student, he's teacher of the year. For the rest of us, it's just expected."
This Teacher Uses ’90s Pop Culture To Highlight the Challenges of Teaching in 2024
It's nothing short of incredible.
It’s Time To Stop Complaining About How Schools Don’t Teach “Real” Skills
The ironic world of education where parallelograms and the Pythagorean theorem clash with taxes and tire changes.
How Seattle High School Students Got $20 Million for More School Counselors—Paid For by Local Corporations
Students made a bold demand with the "Amazon Tax" and won.
