The Senate Armed Services Committee voted to add $45 billion to Biden's initial $813 for national military spending

There are 3.2M public school teachers in the US

Just the added military budget amount could give teachers a raise of $14,000 each.

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The average teaching payment rate is at least 3.1% lower than the rest of the US jobs

When compared to the rest of the world, the situation for United States teachers is dire

Even modest-paying Finland is leaps and bounds above the United States in regards to pay

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In fact, most of the world not only pays teachers more than the US, but teachers are payed close to, or above, what they would make in other fields with a similar educational background

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But it’s not just money that is creating a teacher shortage

Teachers face unprecedented scrutiny from far right groups. From Covid deniers to parent groups screaming about the CRT phantom, communities have made an already stressful career into something unbearable.

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Far right action groups have infiltrated school boards making CRT, which is not currently taught in K-12 schools, a point of contention

“The Dishonest and Harmful Right-Wing Attack on American School Boards”

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https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/the-dishonest-and-harmful-right-wing-attack-on-american-school-boards/

The conservative movement has politicized teaching in a way that is literally targets teachers as an adversary

Right wing groups take aim at diversity and inclusion labeling them as “agenda” and use that to pressure educators to resign

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/critical-race-theory-battles-are-driving-frustrated-exhausted-educators-out-n1273595