No it isn't, at least not officially. Poverty is defined as $23,050 total yearly income for a family of four. So even assuming a teacher is the sole earner in t

No it isn't, at least not officially. Poverty is defined as $23,050 total yearly income for a family of four. So even assuming a teacher is the sole earner in their family, if they're making 40k, they're not in poverty. Unable to afford all the nice things the HN crowd loves to talk about? Maybe. But still, if you have a two-teacher family earning 80k/year, they're in the 53rd percentile of US income, according to http://www.whatsmypercent.com/ http://www.whatsmypercent.com/