Missouri ponders ideas to improve teacher recruitment, retention
By Steve Smith •
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Teachers are getting harder to find in Missouri.
The Missouri Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education announced 26 strategies for dealing with the problem last week.
Pay is a big issue. Missouri is 40th in the nation now.
One strategy would be to change that to 26th.
That would make average teacher's salary around $54,000 a year.
The possible strategies and tactics include a wide-ranging of list of suggestions to improve teacher recruitment and retention.
