Tax money is the only pool that this funding comes from.
The projects are often funded by grants, sometimes from corporations or private foundations. Not only tax money.
Even though teachers are grossly underpaid in relation to the importance of their job, major increases in their salaries might bring in more of the "I'm in it for the money" teachers rather than "I want to teach" teachers.
Those teachers would not stay, for the same reason the "I'm in it for the summer vacation" teachers don't last, either.
Teachers deserve better pay. At this point, they would be happy to get healthcare coverage restored, since many districts are taking it away.
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Tax money is the only pool that this funding comes from.
The projects are often funded by grants, sometimes from corporations or private foundations. Not only tax money.
Even though teachers are grossly underpaid in relation to the importance of their job, major increases in their salaries might bring in more of the "I'm in it for the money" teachers rather than "I want to teach" teachers.
Those teachers would not stay, for the same reason the "I'm in it for the summer vacation" teachers don't last, either.
Teachers deserve better pay. At this point, they would be happy to get healthcare coverage restored, since many districts are taking it away.