Teachers make 21 point four % less than other workers with comparable education. One way to potentially stop so many people from leaving, would just be to raise the pay. The garbage workers who pick up my freaking trash risk their lives every day more than anyone in the school system. Figure it out.
What happens when all the teachers get sick?
Today’s show was produced by Miles Bryan with help from Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Haleema Shah.
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