School AI technology should allow educators to reach new heights with project-based learning, personalized instruction, and other innovative K12 concepts.
Only one in five teachers disagreed with the statement "I am happy in my current position," according to a SchoolCEO survey of about 1,000 educators in 300 districts.
The most drastic proposal, from Texas, would prevent public officials from earning more than the state's governor. Another bill links the salaries of superintendents to first-year teachers.
Better pay, community support and empathy from district leadership are among the main changes teachers say they require in order to stay in the profession.
House Bill 1548, the measure introduced by Austin Democratic Rep. James Talarico, would give school districts enough money to grant $1,500-a-month salary bumps for teachers, librarians, counselors and school nurses.
The House Education Committee voted Thursday to green-light a bill that ties a proposed teacher compensation increase to a school choice program that allows eligible parents to use state funds for private schools, home schooling or other options.
Teachers make an average state salary of $58,000 a year. Several teachers tell News 3 Reporter Antoinette DelBel that even with a 10% raise spread out over two years that the General Assembly passed last session, that isn’t enough to keep up with inflation.
