By Natalie Beach When I started teaching in the early 2000s, my district received 80 applications for each opening. Today,…
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ProEdTN Blog
The Official Blog of Professional Educators of TN
Higher Pay and Higher Standards Belong Together
By Natalie Beach We can’t raise teacher pay without raising the bar, and we can’t raise the bar without raising…
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Memphis Cannot Recruit Its Way Out of a Retention Crisis
By JC Bowman Memphis-Shelby County Schools doesn’t just have an August hiring problem. It has a year-round retention problem that…
Read MoreTeacher Pay Matters, So Does Everything Around It
By JC Bowman Tennessee has made significant progress on teacher pay. We should acknowledge it. The state has steadily raised…
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Teachers on the Edge of Crisis
In Tennessee, some schools and districts are in trouble. There aren’t enough teachers. Teachers in public schools are required to…
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