A new AFT report details the devastating impact on schools, classrooms and students when states choose to pursue an austerity agenda in the false belief that tax cuts will pay for themselves. “A Decade of Neglect” reviews the effects of austerity measures taken in the last 10 years. In 25 states, schools have spent less on education than they did prior to the recession. In the majority of states, the average teacher salary is lower than it was in 2009.
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