Nobody knows better than the schoolteachers that they have been losing position on the economic ladder (as compared with other jobholders) even though their wages have recently been going up a little. Last week, in a careful survey of nationwide education trends, the New York Times proved it, with figures. In 1940, reported Education Editor Benjamin Fine, the average U.S. public schoolteacher got only $1,441. Scant though this was, it was nearly $150 above the norm for all wage and salary people. This year, the teacher averages $2,644—slightly better than 1947-48's figure ($2,476), which was still about $250 below what the...
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