In Response to Texas' Current Teacher Salary

In blog seven, Lezlie Mills assessed Texas’ current teacher salary in her blog, Texas Politics: A Blue's Review, and whether they receive enough pay. Unfortunately, she observed that Texas does not fund our teachers well enough and states Austin Independent School District (AISD) is actually ranked extremely low, 49th out of 50 school districts, for basic teacher wages. Lezlie also pointed out that just twenty years ago firefighters and teachers received equal salaries, as oppose to now.

I completely agree with Lezlie that our state’s teachers are not being paid enough. She brings attention to the fact that our educators are known well for carrying such an important yet underpaid and under-appreciated job. We depend upon teachers to instruct us and instill individual growth. It is about time we recognized this.