Dec 19, 2020 1 min to read
âPay increases for Hoosier teachers could be on the horizon.â This was the headline accompanying coverage of the long-awaited recommendations of The Next Level Teacher Compensation Commission. That sounds fantastic if you stop reading there.
Unfortunately, I downloaded the report and was astonished. Iâm not sure that is the correct word. Nothing seems shocking today when reading about the systemic starving to death of public education in Indiana. The Next Level Teaching Compensation Commission provides a roadmap for a continuation of hacking away at the benefits provided to educators as well as threaten the quality of their workplace environments. I was disgusted. I was disappointed. Among the recommendations, you will find gems such as taking away spousal health benefits. Another is âright-sizingâ staff. I donât know any educators who are teaching in sparsely populated classrooms. Nothing screams