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Public school teachers
Teachers are underpaid. Is that changing?
Mar 3, 2023
At least two dozen states — and Congress — have either proposed or enacted laws to increase teacher pay in the past couple of years.
Teachers turn to crowdfunding for pandemic supplies
by
DJ Cashmere
Oct 2, 2020
In-person schooling? Remote learning? Either way, teachers say they need more supplies.
Public school teachers are spending their own money on school supplies
by
Molly Wood
Oct 16, 2019
They're taking personal responsibility for everything from books to furniture, clothing to eyeglasses.
Why this teacher works through the summer
Jul 4, 2019
"I have to have a second job to help support myself," says Megan Johnson from Lansing, Kansas.
LA teachers are striking against the school district, but it is the state that controls the purse strings
by
Ben Bradford
Jan 14, 2019
California is unusual in that the bulk of education funding comes from the state budget
An educator takes her frustration to the streets
by
Phoebe Unterman
and Sean McHenry
Sep 10, 2018
Teresa Danks is known as the "panhandling teacher."
Teachers spend hundreds of dollars on back to school supplies
by
Adriene Hill
and Paulina Velasco
Aug 11, 2017
We spoke with a Los Angeles teacher about the school supplies she buys for her classroom each year, and what she wishes the school budget would cover.