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Best States for Teacher Pay vs. Cost of Living
By: Amanda Castillo | Oct 15, 2021
Among the best states for teacher pay vs. cost of living, West Virginia offers the smallest gap between home prices and salary: a typical home there costs $182,704, compared with a $56,610 median high school teacher salary. Hawaii has the widest gap, at $762,431. Nationally, that gap is about $299,734, so where you teach can change what your paycheck can buy by hundreds of thousands ...
The Top 3 Ways to Ward Off Energy Vampires in Schools
By: Jon Konen | Jul 31, 2018
Energy vampires in schools are the colleagues who drain a team's motivation through chronic negativity, complaining, or resistance to collaboration. The fix starts before you hire one: screen for teaming red flags in interviews and references, then address the behavior directly if it shows up anyway, using "I" statements and, ...