McSweeney’s and 826 Valencia are producing a book about teacher salaries and are looking for teachers to interview.
Reading, Writing, and Landscaping: Dave Eggers writes in Mother Jones about teachers who moonlight to make ends meet.
As a nation, we’re confused about how we see teachers. Most polls show that respect for the profession has risen in recent years, yet we have certain quietly entrenched ideas — that teaching is easy, that teachers get out at 3 p.m. every day — and these notions, all ludicrous, allow us to accept the injustice in teachers’ dismally low salaries. We love teachers, we think they’re saints, but most of us consider unavoidable the fact that they are underpaid and often have to work two or three extra jobs to maintain a middle–class existence.
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