Teachers Have It Easy

Book About Big Sacrifices/Small Salaries

Teachers Have It Easy weaves together statistics, analysis, and the voices of teachers from around the country to debunk myths about the profession, show the impact of low teacher pay, and explore some solutions being tried around the country.

Read an excerpt on the Campus Progress Web site.

Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and the Small Salaries of America's Teachers (2005) by Dave Eggers, Nínive Clements Calegari, and Daniel Moulthrop. 368 pp. $25.95.

Related Links

Teachers' Salaries-- Resources on teachers' wage issues. (NEA)

Professional Pay -- Resources on all educators' pay. (NEA)

Inflation Outpaces Teacher: Salary Growth in More Than 40 States -- Press release about NEA study that finds teacher salaries are not keeping up with cost-of living increases.