proposal we will put $2 trillion in investing in our history sbcu's for teachers. >> under my legislation we move to see that every teacher in america makes at least $60,000 a year. i propose that we take is those very poor schools, the title one schools, triple amount of money we spend from 15 to 45 billion a year. >> the proposals came after more than a year of widespread teacher strikes across the nation and let's look at the financial burden our educators face and why it is garnering so much attention. the salaries, according to the national center for education statistics, in 2016 and 2017, the average u.s. teacher salary was $58,950. which is less than what average teachers earned almost 20 years ago. when you adjusted it for inflation. coming up next, teachers have to foot the bill on a lengthy list of supplies for their classrooms and students. according toe a survey from the zm department of education no less, 94% of teachers pay for supplies and spend an average of