He Was Oklahoma's Teacher Of The Year, Then Moved To Texas For Better Pay. Now What?
Oklahoma's teacher pay has been low for so long that many experienced educators have left, including the 2016 Teacher of the Year. We wanted to ask how his home state looks now from afar.
All this week schools across Oklahoma were closed as public school teachers rallied at the state Capitol for better pay and more money for the classroom.
After 10 years of budget cuts and some of the lowest teacher wages in the nation, teachers say they've had enough.
Pay in Oklahoma has been so low, in fact, that districts often suffer from severe teacher shortages â many talented educators have left Oklahoma for better pay elsewhere. Some estimates put the number of teachers who have left near 2,000.
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