Teacher Pay

The persistent teacher shortage in the state is worst in rural areas in central and southern Illinois.

Updated Jan. 9 with information about teacher recruitment effortsMissouri education officials have a handful of ideas on how to get more people interested…

School districts in St. Louis are trying new ways to get a qualified adult in classrooms when the teacher is out.Districts have employed technology, pay…

There's a serious teacher shortage in Kansas City and across the country, as fewer people pursue a career that often involves low pay, high stress and...

Low pay is the top reason teachers leave the classroom, a new survey of Missouri public school educators found.The state’s Department of Elementary and…

Earlier this week, the local union representing educators who serve in St. Louis Public Schools began arbitration relating to its claims about pay…

Leaders in the field of education are sounding the alarm that a teacher shortage is hurting Missouri schools —and that it’s about to get worse. Local...

Missouri’s education oversight board wants to better understand why one in seven public-school teachers in the state quit every school year.The State…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 6, 2009 - Tying bonuses to job performance has long been a practice in the corporate world. But…