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Common Dreams reports
Colorado's teachers' union expects more than 400 teachers at a rally that's planned for Monday at the state's Capitol in Denver.
[...] Englewood School District, outside the capital city, announced on Sunday that schools would be closed the following day as 70 percent of its teachers had indicated they wouldn't be working Monday. It was unclear on Sunday whether more school districts would be closing.
"We are calling Monday, April 16th a day of action", Kerrie Dallman, president of the Colorado Education Association (CEA), told KDVR in Denver.
[...] According to[1] KMGH in Denver, "The CEA estimates that teachers spend on average $656 of their own money for school supplies for students." The state's teacher salaries rank 46th out of 50, with educators making an average of $46,000 per year.
Public schools are underfunded by $828 million this year, Dallman told the Post, and lawmakers have said they could inject at least $100 million more into schools--but they have yet to do so.
[...] The planned protest follows a trend that was seen in West Virginia and Kentucky before moving west this month to Oklahoma and Arizona as well as Colorado. In all the states where teachers have walked out and rallied at their Capitols, teachers have reported paying for school supplies out of pocket, working second and third jobs to make ends meet, and coping with funding shortages while their legislators hand out tax cuts to corporations.
[1] For a laugh (or perhaps a deep sigh), check out all the whitespace in the source code of the page.
(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday April 16 2018, @04:28PM (2 children)
What you're also missing is that teachers are required to obtain a masters degree after their bachelors. Teaching is like several other professions in that it is expected that you will keep moving up the educational ladder or your career will end. $46K for Masters Degree is laughable.
This was only a fast Google.
Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/media/10-careers-where-a-masters-degree-pays-off/11/ [cbsnews.com]
Must a primary/secondary teacher have a Master's? No. But I know of none who aren't either working on it or have a plan in mind for when they will. One more fast google.
Source: https://www.degreequery.com/what-degree-do-you-need-to-be-a-teacher/ [degreequery.com] I'm sure there are starving districts which don't push their people to get the Master's. I have known no primary/secondary educator, though, that either wasn't either pursuing graduate education or had it as a part of their plan as to when they expected to start.
This sig for rent.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 16 2018, @04:37PM
Good job making a claim and immediately invalidating it. Your personal anecdote has been taken into account though. Here's mine: I've known a handful of teachers to have more than a bachelor's degree, most of them did not. The ones who did usually moved into administration.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 17 2018, @12:07AM
If you'd ever been in any of the Education Degree classes you'd agree that $46k/yr for having one is ludicrous. Ludicrously over paid.