$60,000 Minimum Wage for Teachers Not Best Solution: Expert
“Let’s give public school teachers a raise,” President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union address on Feb. 7.
Other Democrats have taken up the drumbeat, even suggesting a $60,000 national minimum salary for educators.
The idea has gained support from education advocates. Yet even some who advocate for increasing teacher compensation believe a national minimum for teachers is not the right approach and could have serious unintended consequences.
Reps. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) and Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) introduced the American Teacher Act on Feb. 9, which would provide support for schools to offer a minimum annual salary of $60,000 for public schoolteachers….