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(1) There are a lot of teachers (2) They are all basically paid the same (i.e. if you want to pay some teachers more, you have to pay all (in the state) more)
by hugh-avherald 3y ago
(1) There are a lot of teachers
(2) They are all basically paid the same (i.e. if you want to pay some teachers more, you have to pay all (in the state) more)
So any time there is a proposal to increase pay for teachers, you have to budget a lot of money. It's rare for there to be such an option each budget year.
- mistrial9 3y agoin wealthy California, legally mandated education money is relentlessly diverted into obscure and opaque mechanisms, and rarely to teachers. Add multiple layers of political shifting, constant political bickering where promises for benefits much later (retirement) are played at the same time as the first part. Combine with housing policy, lending practices and asset bubbles, and a similar economic result is playing out here, across the entire State.