Some States Want to Pay Teachers More, to Keep Them From Quitting

WSJ What’s News

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🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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P.M. Edition for March 25. Teachers’ pay has barely budged since 1990, even with more funding for public schools. Now, some states want to pass pay mandates. WSJ K-12 education reporter Matt Barnum has more. And an appellate court ruled Donald Trump can post a smaller, $175 million bond in his civil fraud case. Plus, Boeing’s CEO is stepping down. Heard on the Street columnist Jon Sindreau has more. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:13.0	Donald Trump can post a smaller bond, $175 million in a New York civil fraud case.
0:23.5	And U.S. teacher salaries have stayed flat for decades,
0:27.3	and many are leaving the field.
0:29.0	A lot of other professionals, nurses, architects, lawyers,
0:32.4	of course, engineers, accountants, college professors are all
0:36.2	better paid, have better salaries at least than teachers, and so teachers feel frustrated by that.
0:42.3	Plus Boeing CEO is stepping down as part of a broader executive shakeup.
0:47.0	It's Monday, March 25th.
0:49.0	I'm Anne Marie Fertulli for the Wall Street Journal.
0:51.0	This is the PM edition of What's News,
0:53.6	the top headlines and business stories
0:55.4	that moved the world today.
0:57.0	Over the past few weeks we've been covering the fallout at Boeing after a
1:07.2	January mid-air blowout on a 737 max jet and ongoing production problems
1:12.0	at the plane maker.
1:13.0	Today, CEO Dave Calhoun announced he stepping down at the end of the year.
1:17.0	Calhoun had been planning to step aside, but frustration from airlines and regulators
1:21.0	sped up his announcement and led to a broader executive shakeup.
1:24.9	Boeing's commercial aircraft business head will step aside immediately and the company's chairman won't stand for re-election
1:30.9	Steve Moltenkov, a former CEO of Qualcomm,
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