text: You jumped in on a reply to a post that teachers were ‘living in poverty’  with this gem.
  
  “So as long as experienced teachers with masters degrees and national board certifications fall above the poverty line - you think they're being paid a fair wage?”
  
  That certainly implies to any reader that you agreed with the original posters contention that teachers live in poverty.   
  
  I think the teachers salary schedule should be looked at but the teachers union and a VERY large group of teachers insist on being treated like unskilled labor where they all get a step increase or no one does.   If teachers were evaluated on their merit and paid based on their evaluations like Douglas County implemented great teachers could be at the cap of the salary schedule in 10 years rather than 30.   They could be at the mid point in 3 not 12.