New legislation proposes $60,000 starting salary for teachers | GMA3

Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., discusses her "American Teacher Act" bill, which would set the mandatory base pay for K-12 public school teachers as $60,000.
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[@isisathena5237]

Teachers deserve a $100,000 starting salary, and if they did that more exceptional people would look into teaching as a career.

[@staciamj1]

Yes, lets do it. Good teachers are so important and needed

[@Timothee_Chalamet_CMBYN]

Agreed. I was suprised they didn’t make more, I work claims for a health insurance company and made 73K this year and I def don’t think I do as much as teachers with an entire class of kids.

[@Jolynne]

Teachers spend just as much time, sometimes even more, than parents do with children. I personally feel like I was raised by my teachers. They deserve so much more than $60,000.

[@johnjames502]

If teachers spend more time with your children than you do, it's because you're a bad parent.

[@Jolynne]

@@johnjames502 sadly there’s a lot of them

[@juanishabeaver6128]

As a current teacher, 100k needs to be the base salary for teachers and that’s on the lower side.

[@johnjames502]

You're insane

[@megkathleen]

I’m all for raising teacher salaries, but you’re not a superhero deserving of that kind of starting salary. Teachers have it pretty damn cushy compared to a lot of other professions - especially ones like quants, medicine, and investment banking. You know who needs a salary like that? Farmers. If you don’t like the salary, leave the profession.

[@Hjuniorr92]

They deserve more money !!! Let’s be gentle & generous with our teachers. If it weren’t for them teaching us how to read and write we would not be able to search KZbin to watch this video. ❤

[@sheilac.7173]

As a teacher, increasing pay is okay but that is not the major issue in our schools. We need a bill to resolve what is happening inside of the schools with these unruly children. There are no consequences for children, so they are completely disrespectful, violent, disobedient, disruptive. They have no regard for authority which negatively impacts our ability to teach. As teachers we would not feel as burnt out if we have support from the government, administrators, and parents. Children are not being set up for the adult world because they are not being taught accountability, consequences, and self-sufficiency. Instead, they have a sense of entitlement because the parents and the school system are enablers. That is the biggest problem in our schools currently. That is what needs fixing!

[@bluesky5384]

I'm with you. I make $63k after 10 years and I'm happy with that. I just need administration to do better..starting at the very top.

[@AFEIDIAVE]

Starting salary should be no less than 100k.

[@ItsAllAnillusion]

Good Teachers deserve this and more. I hope it passes

[@gdhaney136]

I quit teaching in 2005. If I had been paid more to deal with all that time, energy, kids behavior issues, IEPS, meetings, events, parent conferences, continuing education, politics and drama, I would have stayed. Best and most rewarding job despite all that I mentioned. But doing all those things and not being compensated gave me no choice. Now, I make more money, but I was a better teacher than I am an accountant. Figures. BA in English. Grad school for Education. HS English teacher. Now I crunch numbers.

[@jblank1862]

Let's try 75,000! They can get me back for 75,000 no less. In my career, I have been voted teacher of the year. They LOST me. Evil administrations, excruciatingly long hours, ignorant parents, and you are poor! You can be poor minus the 60 hour work week. For those of us who were traditionally trained, we are currently drowning under UNQUALIFIED administration and educators. They are literally placing warm bodies in any seat they cannot fill. Education is in a crisis.

[@megkathleen]

Mmm no. You quit. They most likely replaced you within a month or two and never looked back.

[@angeldreamzzz9692]

Perfect I’ll quit my job and become a teacher which is what I wanted

[@arenee617]

What about those of us who have been holding it done?

[@christianfarias9285]

It’s so true, my mom just left teaching after two decades. They burn you out and then offer a meager retirement. It is embarrassing….

[@cademancaden]

I support this. Let's do it.

[@carolynm8350]

They deserve more money.

[@johnjames502]

Based on what?

[@knickster4124]

How she ever got elected into congress will forever boggle my mind… Granted, she’s correct. Teachers’ salaries should start around $60K yearly with competitive benefits. Currently, here in IL, teachers begin around $31K. That’s equivalent to someone with no education working at McD’s. The future of our country starts in the classroom. Currently, unqualified candidates are being hired because the qualified candidates are going elsewhere for fair compensation. Why would someone with a Masters's degree take a job for $41K, with no student loan forgiveness for loans amounting into the six-figure range, terrible benefits, and no 401K? We’re 30 Trillion in debt… Cut back on useless spending, and give our country a future! We’re here b/c of failed policies in our school districts. We need an entire overhaul of the education system.

[@thelifeuchoose]

Let me go back and finish my degree lol

[@linhaton4957]

What about long time teacher pay?

[@Real_mac]

Let’s do it, but that happen Gonna take 50 years. Giving money to other counties takes 2 mins.this is a weird county.

[@AlexZ-lc6nl]

Wait…what? I thought they made at least 60K for their works. Wow. Insane.

[@linhaton4957]

Making 52K after 10 years. Rated as a highly effective teacher.

[@bluesky5384]

I do..but it took me 10 years to get there 😅

[@ssrb9406]

Social workers next please, smh.

[@Scaminquirer]

I hope retired teachers get the benefits they deserve

[@Matt-fl8uy]

Why should retired teachers get benefits working teachers don't? Let them enjoy the same benefits working professionals do.

[@Sony4Ever321]

Yes love this!!!

[@milliebean6687]

Hell yeah they need to be paid more!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 PS I love the Congress woman's hat 🤠

[@rubychew6535]

I think starting pay for teachers should be $75,000.

[@annieleon123]

With the high cost of living that is not enough. So sad.

[@toma3447]

Happy teacher = happy students

[@bookwormwonder]

Considering how much teachers do and they have to pay for their own continual educational...?this is bare minimum imh

[@nayrobihilton8654]

And of that $1.00 dollar we earned , we still shared 0.75 with our students buying gifts, supplies, organizing class parties, awards .. etc

[@PaulAliceJ]

They have it so bad. Work 7-8 months a year. A teacher here in Fl. posted Fri that her Starbucks cost her $14 a day. Fell sorry for them. It is a volunteer job.

[@bluesky5384]

She probably has a husband making more money. If not she's stupid for buying Starbucks daily.

[@gasparma2316]

❤👍🏼👍🏼go for jt.

[@linhaton4957]

It’s the money!

[@gms4430]

rich ppl don’t care. their teachers are well taken care of.

[@mookta]

please, the quality of so many industries has plummeted and we can't risk it totally annihilating the last shred of decency in this country and that's out educators.

[@timberlv22]

I'm all for it as long as the teacher teaches the kids what they need to learn and not any politics or brainwashing.

[@malekkushimuzik3580]

They want to save women who are stuck in professions they never really wanted anyway.

[@s.j.anderson176]

It won’t be enough. Who will work for $60,000 a year where people throw furniture at you? Who will work for $60,000 a year where someone will shoot at you? Who will work for $60,000 a year when you are blamed for all of societal ills?

[@MattHall05]

Public school teachers deserve to make six figures a year with the best insurance that they can get. Hell, they should've been one of the highest-paid jobs in the U.S. to begin with. I've said this in another video, and I will say it again. Teachers are the carpenters of our children's future. Without them, our society will be defunct. Teachers are truly unsung heroes.

[@ranbo9390]

Then teachers are failing kids are dumber now then ever before

[@repaks00]

Take away those positions that are not needed inside the school. Those teacher mentors should also teach in classrms, they should not noly be sitting inside their office...most of them were like that...

[@chetmacdonald9009]

Yep, party is over, make the Curriculum mandatory public as well, gotta love tax dollars. #StandAndDeliver We’ll back here. As long as it takes, youngins.

[@chetmacdonald9009]

Shelby Foote. #OrDontGetInTheWay It’s work. And a discipline, globally.

[@ranbo9390]

So taking money from me to pay u sounds great

[@cynthiahenry5585]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@johnjames502]

These people deserve pay cuts, not pay raises.

[@gm45_62]

Teachers are already making poverty wages

[@johnjames502]

@@gm45_62 The average teacher salary is 66,000. Well above the average national salary. Nice try though.

[@gm45_62]

@@johnjames502 that's not true for the majority of states. Also which level of teacher are you referring to?

[@johnjames502]

@@gm45_62 Lol, I'll say it again because it's clear your public school teachers failed you. THE AVERAGE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER SALARY IS 66,000. WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE SALARY. Can you read?

[@johnjames502]

@@gm45_62 And don't forget, they only work 9 months. So they make more money than average while only having to work 9 months. They deserve pay cuts.

[@Johndoe-nx1uz]

No , teachers need to do a better job . Specially in public schools . Stop complaining and start doing a better job .

[@sebastiansingh5167]

U got disrespectful little tards in class

[@SetaSayin]

To much, it should be minimum wage

[@bluesky5384]

The fact that you wish for any workers in our economy to make minimum wage tells me that you're an angry, bitter person.