When Brigitta Hunter started her teaching career, she had $20,000 in student loans and zero income – even though she was working nearly full time in the classroom. “We lived on my husband’s pathetic ...

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By contrast, teachers in neighboring Napa Valley Unified, the county’s largest district with about 16,000 students, earn an ...

Teachers' wages in the United States have fallen further behind those of other college graduates over the last 30 years, resulting in a record-high pay gap in 2024, according to a report by the ...