Neither source you give is reliable, both are heavily biased. I prefer actual charts from counties that pay, given 190 days of work http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us

Neither source you give is reliable, both are heavily biased. I prefer actual charts from counties that pay, given 190 days of work http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/human-resources/teacher-salary-schedule http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/human-resources/teacher-salary-s... in a respectable county in Georgia this isn't what I would called underpaid. This is before benefits. Its not hard to find these charts for most counties. The areas that need attention is all the money spent on administrative people other than teachers. The US has spent increasing amounts of money on education with near zero results.