Houston ISD released a "pay-for-performance" model that, combined with a new locally designed evaluation system for educators, is expected to be the basis for teachers' salaries starting in 2026-27.

Complaints about teacher pay are a common refrain in education. Now, new data help to measure the gap between teachers’ hopes and reality. If teachers had their way, they’d get a 25% raise, finds a ...

The teacher pay penalty is the gap between the weekly wages of teachers and the wages of other college graduates. According to a new report from senior economist Sylvia Allegretto at the Center for ...

While lawmakers wrangle over ways to increase teacher pay, some Arizona educators find themselves facing difficult decisions ...

Texas’ public education system funding was under the microscope this legislative session. Ahead of the start of the session, the Dallas Independent School District named increased funding for teacher ...

The average teacher salary has increased since last year, but when considering inflation, teachers are taking home less than they did a decade ago, according to the nation’s largest teachers’ union.

A bill to increase Texas teacher salaries has unanimously passed the Senate, but some opponents of the bill say it’s not nearly enough to properly compensate teachers. The bill grants raises to ...

As the critical teacher shortage continues in Arizona, lawmakers are looking at ways to increase their pay. But how they want to do that differs between political parties and ultimately may be decided ...

Four Republicans members of the North Carolina House of Representatives — Erin Paré and Mike Schietzelt of Wake County, Donny Lambeth of Forsyth County and Tricia Cotham of Mecklenburg County — have ...

California teachers earned the highest average salary in the U.S. during the 2023-24 school year, reaching $101,084. The national average teacher salary increased by 3.8% to $72,030, but still lags ...

The base pay for Lafayette Parish teachers could increase and teachers could see a change to incentive pay. Superintendent Francis Touchet Jr. is proposing raising first-year teachers' pay to $50,000 ...