Yet despite that raise, as the article noted, the state's
average teacher pay still fell that year.
Not exact matches
If today's ratio were
still 27:1, today's school budgets would be sufficient to
pay an
average teacher salary north of $ 100,000.
Over the past few weeks, educators across the state have mobilized to demand a 20 percent increase in
teacher pay (which would
still place Arizona below the national
average) and a return of pre-recession school funding levels.
▪ Inflation hurts: Although the numbers might look bigger, this year's
average pay of $ 51,214 means that
teachers still have about $ 5,000 less in purchasing power than they did before the recession.
The state's
average teacher is
still paid about $ 10,000 less than the national
average, however.
«North Carolina
still remains $ 9,000 behind the national
average in
teacher pay and $ 3,000 behind in per - pupil spending, which is unacceptable.»