re: 2/3 of teachers surveyed in Texas considering going peace out

Kind of funny how you posed that as a hypothetical. It happens all the time and has happened to me. In my situation, I did the work as well as I could and then used it to justify a pay raise for myself. Sometimes it worked. Sometimes it didn't.

In the private sector, a promotion comes with more money, but rarely does it match the additional work or responsibility that comes with the new position.

How does that reconcile with teachers targeting the pockets of "customers" and people who use other services but happen to live in the same state? We the people have little say in how our money is spent. You can lobby for more money and less work, but you can't lobby to get everyone who just pays what they are told to join the fight to spend more of their money. You're not even going to get me to smile while I continue to pay what I'm told to pay.