Complaints about teacher pay are a common refrain in education. Now, new data help to measure the gap between teachers’ hopes and reality. If teachers had their way, they’d get a 25% raise, finds a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kyle Smitley writes about the intersection of schools and money. Katie Pausen (Detroit) unlocks a higher level of learning about ...

The median teacher salary jumped 3.2% last year in New Jersey, but new state data reveals the dramatic disparity in pay ...

Negotiations between Collier County Public Schools (CCPS) and the teachers' union continue. The two parties last met in ...

In a statement issued on Oct. 29, state Democratic Party Chair Andeson Clayton wrote, “North Carolina teachers are already the lowest paid teachers in the South.” It’s time for a fact check of North ...

Teacher pay can swing widely from one state to another, and those differences tell you a lot about how each place supports its public schools. Some states have raised salaries to keep experienced ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Leon County Schools held its fifth negotiation with the Leon Classroom Teachers Association to discuss teacher pay and classroom support on Wednesday. LCTA President Scott ...

Hundreds of Union County Public Schools teachers on Wednesday called in sick and marched to protest what they consider an insufficient increase to Union County’s teacher salary supplement. The school ...

S.C. teachers are calling on lawmakers to prioritize improved working conditions, enhanced safety measures and continued pay ...

In high school, back in the mid-1990s, I stood before a full auditorium. When asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I responded: “Rich.” To my teen brain, in a rural area of Missouri, rich meant ...

The average classroom teacher salary for Memphis-Shelby County Schools teachers was $66,077 for the 2024-25 school year, according to data obtained by The Commercial Appeal. The average, while higher ...