; Legislators
Promise Average Teacher Salary Will Exceed $ 53,000 Next Year
Bell, L. «Top Republican legislators
promise average teacher salary will exceed $ 53,000 next year.»
Not exact matches
In the median state, less than half of all
teachers are expected to work long enough to vest in their retirement plan — meaning that despite big spending and
promises, less than half of all public - school
teachers, on
average, will ever receive retirement benefits for their years on the job (see Figure 3).
Last week, lawmakers passed a state budget that they
promised would offer
teachers an
average 7 percent raise — but instead of boosting all
teachers» pay by a simple percentage, a new salary schedule is in place that offers younger, inexperienced
teachers big gains while shortchanging veteran
teachers who have gone to great lengths to build on their teaching credentials.
Last week, lawmakers passed a state budget that they
promised would offer
teachers an
average 7 percent raise — but instead of boosting all
teachers» pay by a simple percentage, a new salary schedule is in place that offers younger,...
«Today, I am following through on that
promise and introducing an aggressive education budget that will bring
average teacher pay to more than $ 50,000 for the first time in state history.»
So, since Bill Haslam
promised teachers we'd be the fastest improving in
teacher pay, we've actually been improving at a rate that's half the national
average.