MSNBC MSNBC Live With Ali Velshi September 13, 2019 19:28:00
$479 a year, decorations for the classroom, pencils, crayons, extra books, that figure can be much higher for teachers, who have students from low income homes and finally, the student loan crisis affects people in all sorts of professions and teachers are no exception. seven out of ten college students leave school with student loan debt and for the class of 2017 the average amount owed is $28,650. compare that to the average starting teacher salary in the 2016 to to 2017 school year, just over 38,000. joining me now randy winegarden, the president of the american federation of teacher, one o...