No, this is not uplifting. Having educators that low on the totem pole for pay and social respect in the first place is why America has been spiraling into idiocracy.
This should be an actual case of ‘a rising tide lifts all boats’.
“Why would I teach when I can make just as much money manning a grill?” Puts pressure on school boards, and empowers teachers unions to finally lift teacher salaries in order to not have a massive staff exodus.
This continually is the case in Australia, where our minimum wage is indexed every year; most employers tend to pass on the increase % as a minimum.
This is only an issue because of the obscene way that schools are funded in the US. If they were funded like the police are, then there’d be no trouble.
Huh, sounds like some school bonds are on the horizon. Nice.
