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 ...

Nixa school board approved a $118 million budget, which includes staff and teacher raises. Starting teacher pay increased to $43,800, a $1,500 jump. The district reinstated the Career Ladder program, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...