Starting wage for Missouri teachers as low as $25,000. Seriously?

The starting pay in Missouri is a miserly $25,000 to $32,900 a year — among the lowest in the country. Given the actual hours they put in, Missouri teachers barely clear poverty-level wages.

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April 13, 2022 - 1:46 PM

There appears to be a healthy wave of bipartisan support within the Legislature to boost the pay of public school teachers, and Missourians should do everything in their power to encourage lawmakers along this path. The state’s future depends on having well-educated kids who perform at grade level, head to college or technical school well grounded in the basics, and enter the workforce prepared for the demands their future employers put on them.

It all starts by attracting talented and highly motivated teachers whose salaries reflect the extraordinary demands placed upon them.…

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