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Should Teacher Pay Be Increased

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Tennessee is one of the lowest teacher paying states in the country. Why are state officials not making a change to this? If we pay teachers more and educate students, then we could improve academic performance. Teacher pay needs to be increased because we are 37th in the country, New York teachers are making over $20,000 more than teachers in Tennessee annually, and more money is a motive to teachers, making them more effective. Even with the two 4% increases, we still need to increase the annual pay of all teachers in Tennessee.

Our state is 37th in teacher pay out of 50. Priority number one is their salary. If teachers aren’t being paid as much, there won’t be as many. Why would they be in Tennessee, when there are 36 higher income states to be teaching in? Some families in Tennessee can’t move locations because of their low income. Those families still need education. Without education, there would be less jobs and lower intelligence levels. We need to make a change to this. Karl Dean says, “We have to be committed to increasing teacher pay.” By saying “committed” he means that we would need to help the issue, even if it takes a large amount of time and effort. …show more content…

Bill Lee said, “Priority number one is teacher pay. It can be accomplished. We need to rise to number one.” It is no easy task to go from number 37 on the teacher pay scale to number one, but we have to be committed. These teachers in New York could be getting paid more for their population, or it could simply be the quality of the education. If we based salary on quality of education, teachers would be paid

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