Unfortunately, teacher compensation has not kept
pace with increases
in salaries
in other sectors.38 According to a 2016 nationally representative survey of more
than 3,000 teachers, nearly half of teachers would leave teaching «as soon as possible» if they could find a higher - paying job.39 Furthermore, most teachers are not rewarded for working
in hard - to - staff schools,
in shortage areas, or for their excellence
in the classroom.
Houston's economic recovery is happening at a slow
pace, but any near - term improvement
in its office market has less to do with the energy
sector than growth
in other industries and overall confidence
in the economy, according Kevin Roberts, president of Southwest operations with real estate services firm Transwestern.