re: No raise for teachers & Judges have to retire @ 70 years of age

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How many hours per year do they work

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Way more than most people realize. They may be at the school 8 hours a day but with lesson planning, grading test/assignments, and after school events it adds up. Now they have development days several days in the summer. Just dealing with the kids and shitty parents alone they deserve hazard pay.

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There is also a shortage of certified teachers in every district.

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within five years the whole educational system from primary to advanced degrees can be changed because of AI learning. One teacher or instructor will be able to oversee perhaps 100 students with AI assistance maybe more. Students won’t have to attend daycare there will be no need for administrative staff, nor even facilities. Think of how much money that would save and then think of how much better educated and better minds our children would have.

This can definitely happen and will be infinitely better than what’s going on now where we are ruining people instead of preparing them for life.

Let’s just see if it’s allowed to happen because it will of course be a big upheaval to the system.

Private schools yes. Average base pay is $50,000

Retirement and their explosive benefits are Whats killing budgets. I don’t want to hear that they don’t make any money. Most Americans never get these types of benefits especially after working only 25 years

Teachers have tenure, every holiday off, sabbaticals, and all summer off.

This is what I was told by a teacher of 20 plus years. Sounds good at first but they will deal from their retirement funds, imo teachers are not paid nearly enough for the crap they put up with.

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Teachers have tenure, every holiday off, sabbaticals, and all summer off.

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Do you have any idea how many hours a teacher puts in during the school year, how many times they volunteer for various activities; like graduation etc that they are not paid;

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This should tell you all you need to know about how "underpaid" teachers are.

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How so? Retirement fund is a different matter

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They’re actually one of the most underpaid professionals in our country. Considering their responsibilities, what they’re tasked with and do (and deal with) on a daily basis, and what they’re paid, it’s a wonder we have anyone left who still wants to do it.

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Yep.

Looking at most people on these boards, it seems we need more teachers and we need them badly.

You are exactly right. The raise was the bait. Retirement funds were going to be smaller. All of these amendments were terrible