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3. The best teachers will leave.

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 06:18 AM

Apr 2015

They'll pack up their aging parents and move the hell out of the state.
Seriously, <$14/hour starting pay? Assholes.

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Texas Bill Would Reduce All Teachers' Salaries To Just $27,000 [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2015 OP

And the POS abbott is salivating joshdawg Apr 2015 #1

It's their best shot at self-perpetution DFW Apr 2015 #7

The best teachers will leave. Ilsa Apr 2015 #3

Goes beyond that. I have known Ilsa Apr 2015 #12

Race To The Top, Part II blkmusclmachine Apr 2015 #4

https://crookedcrosses.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/dominion.jpg blkmusclmachine Apr 2015 #5

That might bring it down lower than SD newfie11 Apr 2015 #8

That sucks. What a mean-spirited bill. nt raccoon Apr 2015 #9

K & R They_Live Apr 2015 #10

Teachers used to be revered. Now we are dirt. DamnYankeeInHouston Apr 2015 #14

Legislators are paid $7,200 per year TexasTowelie Apr 2015 #15