Memphis teacher salary proposal would boost starting pay
District and teacher association leaders huddle to draft a joint statement to reporters on Friday, Dec. 13. (Laura Faith Kebede/Chalkbeat)
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Laura Faith Kebede
Laura Faith Kebede is a distinguished journalist in residence at the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis. She leads the Institute’s Civil Wrongs project to write about historical cases of racial terror as a corps member for Report for America. You can follow her on Twitter @kebedefaith.
The proposal would raise teachers' starting salary to $45,000. Those with master’s degrees ultimately could make a salary as high as $74,000, and teachers with doctorates almost $84,000.
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