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• After 2 years of negotiating, SA teachers have 4-year pact - Tribune Review
  published on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:15:55 GMT+00:00
  After 2 years of negotiating, SA teachers have 4-year pactTribune ReviewThe contract raises teacher salaries an average of 2 percent each year of the agreement. The new agreement requires that teachers contribute funds t...
• School funding decision was reasonable for state - The Olympian
  published on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:24:51 GMT+00:00
  School funding decision was reasonable for stateThe Olympian... the state Legislature began a system of funding to school districts that improved all salaries but still allowed local teacher salary variation. ...and more...
• D.C. Schools Chief Targets Tenure - Wall Street Journal
  published on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:42 GMT+00:00
  D.C. Schools Chief Targets TenureWall Street JournalThe idea is to promise teachers much richer salaries, as well as performance bonuses, if they give up tenure. Good performers would be rewarded, ...and more »...
• Fall Mt. contract wins easy approval - The Keene Sentinel
  published on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:26:02 GMT+00:00
  Fall Mt. contract wins easy approvalThe Keene SentinelThe program allows teachers who don't use all their sick days to sell them back to the district at a percentage of the teacher's salary when the teacher ......
• School districts' salary gaps don't always affect test scores - Chicago Tribune
  published on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:33:51 GMT+00:00
  KFBB NewsChannel 5School districts' salary gaps don't always affect test scoresChicago Tribune"You have great disparities in education spending, and therefore you have great disparities in teacher salaries.&...
• Gates donates $335m to schools - Boston Globe
  published on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:09:21 GMT+00:00
  Sydney Morning HeraldGates donates $335m to schoolsBoston GlobeTeacher salaries and core operations soak up most funding, leaving school administrators little discretionary money to improve education. ...Memphis City Sch...
• The Teachers' Contract Up Close - New York Times
  published on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:32:20 GMT+00:00
  New York TimesThe Teachers' Contract Up CloseNew York TimesAppendix A lists teacher salaries, currently anywhere from $43530 to $100049. Not stagehand money at Carnegie Hall, but still 43 percent higher across the .....
• Supreme Court rejects Federal Way's teacher pay-gap claims - The Olympian
  published on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:05:14 GMT+00:00
  KOMO NewsSupreme Court rejects Federal Way's teacher pay-gap claimsThe Olympian210 receives the lowest salary funding level from the State. The school district, along with individual teacher, parent, and student plai...
• School Board, teachers ratify 2-year contract - Aurora Advocate
  published on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:43:37 GMT+00:00
  School Board, teachers ratify 2-year contractAurora AdvocateSuperintendent Russ Bennett explained the agreement raises teacher base salaries 1 3/4 percent in each of the two years ? to $38349 and $39020, ...and more ...
• Teachers seek 'level playing field' - Cumberland Times-News
  published on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:57:31 GMT+00:00
  Teachers seek 'level playing field'Cumberland Times-News?Obviously, if pension costs shifted back to counties, the ability of a county to enhance (its salaries) is limited in the future,? West said, ...and more&n...