196 teachers, board reach deal; The new contract provides for 2 percent...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 14, 2005 ;     446 words ......Kentala; Staff Writer Teachers in District 196...increases of 2 percent this year and 2...clubs increased 1 percent. Medical costs...this year, but teachers will pay 2 percent more next year...pay for veteran teachers also increased 2 percent. After 17 years, teachers ...

The 65 percent solution to education , Why teachers are not paid $100,000

Charleston Daily Mail;  April 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ......computers or to hire 11,275 teachers. California (61.7 percent) could use its $1.5...computers or to hire 37,500 teachers. Illinois (59.5 percent) would transfer $906...prospect of the 65 percent requirement pitting teachers against other union...

Governor Tells Teachers 12 Percent Is All There Is

Yakima Herald-Republic;  April 13, 1999 ;     590 words ......including a 12 percent raise for beginning teachers, is about all...Prielipp said teachers won't back down...demands for 15 percent. "We won't settle...increases of 3 percent, plus additional...extra money for teachers in their early...

TEACHERS TODAY ARE LIKELY TO BE FEMALE AND WHITE EIGHTY PERCENT ARE WOMEN...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  August 28, 2003 ;     603 words ......have accounted for about 90 percent of all teachers for the past three decades, including in 2001. Six percent of teachers were black, a number on the decline. Five percent of teachers said they were Hispanic. Overall...

India's troubling truants: teachers; A new study finds 25 percent of...

The Christian Science Monitor;  December 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ......for years about teachers who frequently...at any time, 25 percent of the teachers were absent from...teacher-truancy rate was 16 percent. Zambia's was 17...performance. Surveyed teachers were largely content with salary (68 percent) and leave entitlements...leaking roof, 89 ...

Teachers to agree on 23 percent pay deal; Settlement will end years of...

Evening Times;  January 12, 2001 ;     442 words ......of at least 21.5 percent over three years...agreed the deal with teachers' unions and local...teacher benefited. Teachers will receive a 10 percent increase this April...and a final four percent in August 2003. Teachers leaders have said...

Malden teachers vote to defer 7 percent raise

The Boston Globe;  September 14, 1991 ;     362 words ......the Masschusetts Teachers Association. About 80 percent of the members...school year, with teachers getting an additional 2 percent raise in March...year and the 7 percent increase, now deferred...average salary for teachers in Malden is $36...

Batavia teachers get 16.6 percent raise

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  May 18, 2001 ;     499 words ......starting with an 8.8 percent hike next year...award its newest teachers better health benefits...will now pay 60 percent of medical and dental...benefits for brand-new teachers, instead of the prior 40 percent. "It still tops...receive an extra 2 percent of their annual salary. ...

D-11 teachers get raise/ Pay will go up about 3 percent

The Gazette;  June 17, 2000 ;     163 words ......increase includes about 2.5 percent in "steps and lanes," or the annual increases given to teachers for experience and educational...achievement. The remaining 0.5 percent is the across-the-board raise all teachers will see, said Kathy Glasmann...is about equal to a 0.5 percent raise. ...

Teachers' Salaries Rose 2.7 Percent; Average Is $36,744; Union Says...

The Washington Post;  November 22, 1995 ;     180 words ...Teachers' salaries rose an average of 2.7 percent last school year...behind inflation, a teachers' union said yesterday...American Federation of Teachers. Inflation for this...was running at 2.8 percent. It was 2.7 percent...from 1985 to 1990, teachers' salaries ...

86 percent of Hawaii teachers 'highly qualified,' state says

Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  April 13, 2006 ;     414 words ......claim 90 percent to 99 percent of their main classes have teachers who are highly qualified...of Education shows 86 percent of teachers meet Hawaii's "highly...schools, with only 64 percent of teachers in less-affluent schools...

10 percent Teachers in California Uncredentialed

Xinhua English Newswire;  April 17, 1998 ;     258 words ...Almost 10 percent of teachers in California have no proper...secondary-level credentials 22 percent. Of the 18,600 teachers hired since 1996, the overwhelming...permits in recent years, And 28 percent of teachers lack either an academic minor...

Deal gives 2 percent raises to Minneapolis teachers; A proposed contract...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  January 13, 2006 ;     479 words ......Writer Minneapolis teachers would get pay increases of at least 2 percent this school year...by Jan. 31. The 2 percent increases come in...But after some teachers get bumps for more...have averaged 2.5 percent scale increases...gave Minneapolis teachers a 1 percent scale ...

Merit pay will be studied under new Lakeville contract; Teachers are to...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  December 14, 2005 ;     414 words ......district will rise 10.14 percent, Coughlin said. Lakeville...900 students and 700 teachers. Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eag...salary increases of 2 percent this year and 2 percent in 2006-07. Theirs was...school district and its teachers planned to meet with...

City teachers vote for pact to add 6 percent to salaries

Oakland Tribune;  May 12, 2006 ;     533 words ......to July 1, 2005, teachers will receive free...and spend half a percent of their salaries...union will cover 4 percent of premium costs. Teachers will pay no more...based on salary. Teachers also will receive a 6.25 percent raise over three...