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Article: TEACHERS' PAY KEEPS PACE WITH INFLATION SALARIES ROSE 31 PERCENT TO ABOUT $43,000 FROM 1990 TO 2000.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- April 8, 2002
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Byline: Greg Toppo AP education writer
WASHINGTON -- Salaries for the nation's teachers just barely kept pace with living costs in the 1990s, rising 31 percent to about $43,000, the nation's largest teachers union said Monday.
In its annual report on state spending in education, the National Education Association said teacher salaries rose 0.5 percent between 1990 and 2000 when inflation is taken into account. In many states, the union said, teachers lost ground to inflation.
"As more money was invested in public education, teacher salaries remained stagnant -- all while the U.S. was in a time of economic expansion," said NEA president Bob ...