Increase American Teachers Salaries and Provide Annual Cost Of Living Raises in ALL states.

Please sign this petition to raise every teacher salary across the United States by $17,483 by the end of the 2013-2014 school year and annual cost of living raises thereafter. At the start of the 2014-2015 school year, No teacher should be paid less than $65,000. In other words starting salary for a teacher from Al, ID, MO, MT, RI, CA, CT, NY, to name a few, moving forward should be $65,000. Salary incremental increase need to be based on prior teaching experience as well as academic coursework and degrees earned. According to Pres. Obama “I believe at the root of who we are as a people, who we are as Americans is a precept that we are all equal under the law,” therefore, every teacher, no matter where you reside or choose to reside can be guaranteed a decent lifestyle throughout the US