Senator puts teachers, police officers, firefighters in the 1 percent
Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) has advocated for large financial institutions in the past, but he stuck up for an interesting new segment of the 1 percent on Saturday:…
teacher salaries
How much should teachers be paid?
With U.S. schools facing enormous pressure to improve, even as state and local budgets continue to evaporate, teacher compensation is the latest flashpoint in debates about education reform.
Teachers, facing low salaries, opt to moonlight
Second jobs are not a new phenomenon for teachers, who have historically been paid less than other professionals. In 1981, about 11 percent of teachers were moonlighting; the…
Some Illinois public school teachers earning six-figure salaries
Want to wind up making at least six figures as a public school teacher? Asks the Chicago Sun-Times.
Teachers wonder, why the scorn?
The jabs Erin Parker has heard about her job have stunned her. Oh you pathetic teachers, read the online comments and placards of counterdemonstrators. You are glorified baby…