Liz Schroeder started her teaching career in Nevada making $38,000 a year, but took a pay cut of more than $6,000 when she moved to Jerome six years ago. Under Idaho’s career ladder law that takes ...

Once the career ladder is fully implemented in five years, state-funded pay will increase to $37,000 to $39,000 for beginning teachers, and $42,500 to $50,000 for experienced teachers. Idaho ...

Sherri Ybarra, state schools superintendent, said her top priority for next year – and the top request she heard from education stakeholders across the state – was to continue funding the teacher ...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Plans for Missouri teacher pay took a turn last week after the House Budget Committee removed the governor's recommended teacher pay raise and redirected the funding to a program the ...

The way Idaho school administrators reported teacher evaluations to the state makes it impossible to identify the top- and low-performing teachers in more than one-fourth of Idaho’s 115 districts.

The School Board met the state's Monday deadline for adopting a new teacher pay hierarchy by approving a Career Ladder plan on Tuesday. But board members tied a fairly large condition to that approval ...

This morning, on the 52 nd day of this year’s legislative session, the House Education Committee has voted to introduce one of the most significant bills of the session – the teacher career ladder ...

Cross-posted from Teaching Now. Lawmakers in Idaho passed a seven-part public school budget on Monday without debate and with only a handful of opposing votes, increasing overall school funding in the ...

The Lawrence school system is about to launch what state Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester calls a “revolutionary’’ compensation plan for teachers. Of course, what passes for revolutionary in a ...

Marsha Ratzel brought up an important point: Teachers need job descriptions that accurately reflect what we are expected to do. I would also add that we need room to grow within our teaching roles and ...