$60,000 Minimum Wage for Teachers Not Best Solution: Expert

$60,000 Minimum Wage for Teachers Not Best Solution: Expert
Striking teachers and supporters rally outside City Hall as negotiations resume on Jan. 18, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. David McNew/Getty Images
Lawrence Wilson
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“Let’s give public school teachers a raise,” President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union address on Feb. 7.

Other Democrats have taken up the drumbeat, even suggesting a $60,000 national minimum salary for educators.