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NEA Renews Push for Higher Teacher SalariesThe National Education Association (NEA) announced late last week its intent to push for higher starting salaries for the nation's teachers, according to an Associated Press report. The announcement follows closely on the heels of an NEA report that found teacher salary levels have remained stagnant over the last decade, rising only 2.9 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars. "A career in teaching offers many intrinsic rewards," said NEA president Reg Weaver in a June 23 statement. "But teachers should never have to choose between doing what they love and supporting their families. We can't continue to ask them to fulfill such an important mission without providing the support they deserve and need to remain in the profession." The push comes as part of the NEA's broader goal of closing the achievement gap, the idea being that the promise of a higher salary will help schools attract and maintain more and better-qualified teachers. According to the National School Supply and Equipment Association, last year, teachers spent an average of $458 out-of-pocket on classroom expenses. This number is not likely to increase as long as starting teacher salaries remain the same.
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Study Reveals Teacher Salaries Stagnant for Last Decade" "Raise teacher starting pay, union chief says"
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