Teachers say pay is important, but issues facing the profession go deeper
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April 6, 2018
Teachers, students and supporters march around the state Capitol and across the 23rd Street overpass on April 2 during a walkout aimed at increasing education funding.
Boosting teacher pay by an average of $6,000 – which the Legislature approved last week – wasn’t enough to put the brakes on a massive shutdown of schools to rally at the state Capitol. An estimated 30,000 people attended Monday’s rally, and many school districts were closed again Tuesday and Wednesday so the walkout can continue.
But could the pay package, which passed by a narrow margin in the generally tax-averse legislature,...
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