Unionized Or Not, Teachers Struggle To Make Ends Meet, NPR/Ipsos Poll Finds
Six in ten teachers in our poll say they have worked a second job to pay the bills.
More than 9 in 10 teachers say they joined the profession for idealistic reasons — "I wanted to do good" — but most are struggling to some extent economically.
Those findings come from a nationally representative survey by NPR and Ipsos of more than 500 teachers across the country. The poll was conducted in April amid widespread walkouts in several states, including Colorado, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia, and currently Arizona.
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