Dear Editor: Colorado teachers have the largest pay disparity in the country. According to the Economic Policy Institute, on average, college- educated teachers in Colorado earn 35.9% fewer dollars than college-educated non teachers. Regarding this low teacher pay in Colorado, Jingzi Huang, director of UNC School of Teacher Education stated: “I think we have lost tons of students who would otherwise have wanted to be teachers.”

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