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Teachers say low pay ends careers in Arizona, leaves some at crossroads

Katie Campbell//December 4, 2017//

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Teachers say low pay ends careers in Arizona, leaves some at crossroads

Teachers say low pay ends careers in Arizona, leaves some at crossroads

Katie Campbell//December 4, 2017//

Arizona teachers have not been quiet about their reasons for abandoning the profession and even the state: high stress, low morale and low pay. Yet the state’s response has not...

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Tags: teacher pay, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Melissa Hogg, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, education funding, education, John David Bowman, teachers, Darren Hiebel, Sarah Richardson, Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind, doug ducey, Arizona

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