a Message from The President
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Reg Weaver
Dr. Reg Weaver
NEA President
"As we move into the new school year, Team NEA is on the move! With 3.2 million members, NEA is now the largest professional employee organization in American history. Our growth in membership gives us a tremendous opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children and students. Great public schools are their basic right and our responsibility."
 

Professional Pay for Teachers

Teachers are paid less than those who work in other professions requiring similar education and responsibilities.

Low teacher pay comes at a high cost for schools and kids, who lose good teachers to better-paying professions. Some 20 percent of new public school teachers leave the profession by the end of the first year, and almost half leave within five years. Pay-related turnover is especially high for minorities, males, and teachers under the age of 30.

Having highly qualified teachers is essential to student success —  but who in the future will be lured into a profession with wages that start low and fail to keep pace with comparable careers?

Through its nationwide salary initiative, NEA is advocating for a $40,000 starting salary for all pre-K-12 teachers, and appropriate professional pay for higher education faculty and staff.



  

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