GOP pick for California schools chief tears apart LAUSD over mammoth pay raises for teachers

Source: New York Post

The newly announced GOP pick for the office that oversees education statewide ripped the Los Angeles Unified School District for boosting teacher pay by nearly 14% as students struggle to read or write at proficient levels. “Schools must be able to attract and retain teachers, and good educators deserve fair pay and support,” Sonja Shaw, who is running for California state superintendent, told The Post. “However, we cannot continue throwing hundreds of millions more into a broken system without real accountability, especially when more than half of students can’t even read or write at grade level as is the case here.