In North Carolina, for ...

In North Carolina, for example, it takes 15 years to move a teacher\'s salary from $30,000 to $40,000. So it\'s really difficult to argue that pay doesn\'t have something to do with the lack of prestige.
In North Carolina, for example, it takes 15 years to move a teacher's salary from $30,000 to $40,000. So it's really difficult to argue that pay doesn't have something to do with the lack of prestige.
 Dana Goldstein

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