See this story in the American News about local schools struggling to recruit people to the teaching profession. Not surprisingly, pay is identified as a key variable:
Officials attribute the shortage problem to teacher salaries that are at or near the bottom in the U.S., and not as many people choosing to go into the profession.
"We're losing some good people who are leaving the state because of higher salaries elsewhere," said Britton-Hecla Superintendent Don Kirkegaard. "And there's not nearly as many people in the teacher programs to begin with. There's just a real shortage of people into the profession. There might be a variety of reasons, but certainly some of them are for economic reasons. There's more money with different jobs."
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