Public School Teachers Not Paid Enough to Keep up with Soaring Costs

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Submitted by Alex Carter
March 14th, 2008
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Over the past 10 years, the average salary for public schoolteachers increased only 1.3 percent after adjusting for inflation, not enough to keep pace with the soaring costs of housing, health care and gasoline.

Source
“Teacher Salary Lags Behind Inflation,” National Education Association, 10 December 2007. http://www.nea.org/newsreleases/2007/nr071210.html.
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