Sentences with phrase «educator salaries»

In every state, pension benefits and pension contributions are made as a percentage of educator salaries.

Indeed, perhaps the only viable option is seriously addressing policies toward educator salaries.

All of this puts upward pressure on educator salaries.

Defenders of high educator salaries always note that they're necessary given the high cost of living in the area, and it's a valid point.

Some states have even instituted the controversial merit pay system ~ whereby public educators salaries are based on the performance of their students.

After pulling the data, we aggregated educator salaries to the school level and calculated the pension contributions using the state's actual contribution rates.

In part because of how little West Virginia pays its teachers — $ 45,622 on average in 2016, making it 48th in the country for educator salaries — districts have had to lower the hiring bar to fill vacancies.

Cuts $ 163 million of federal spending on Title II, funding designed to support teachers: Sen. Alexander's bill decreases funding levels and misses an opportunity to increase investments to help states improve the teacher pipeline, increase educator salaries, offer better training and professional development, and put the teaching profession on an overall higher pedestal similar to a doctor or lawyer.

To learn more about why early childhood education is so important, and why educator salaries should match the importance we place on early childhood development, check out the following articles from the HiMama Blog:

In a new report, we studied Illinois» educator salary and tenure data, and found that women typically earn salaries that are $ 5,500 lower than their male colleagues.