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Are America's teachers really underpaid?

  • Written by Michael Addonizio, Professor of educational leadership and policy studies, Wayne State University
Teachers rally outside the Arizona Capitol in April 2018 during a strike over low salaries.Matt York/AP

In the spring of 2018, thousands of public school teachers walked out of their classrooms in a half-dozen states, protesting low salaries, rising class sizes and cuts to school budgets that have prompted most teachers to buy their own classroom...

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