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Leaders of U.S. states are pushing for pay increases and other rewards as schools across the country try to employ more teachers.
因为美国各地的学校试图雇佣更多的教师，美国各州领导人正在提高教师工资和其他奖励。
Groups that follow teacher pay say that more than half of the states' governors have proposed increasing teacher pay.
关注教师工资的组织表示，超过一半的州长已经提议提高教师工资。
The nonprofit Teacher Salary Project said these proposals represent the highest numbers it has seen in nearly twenty years of following the issue.
非营利组织教师工资项目表示，这些提议是其跟踪这一问题近20年来所见到的最高数字。
"Today we have governors left and right from every political party and then some who are addressing this issue because they have to," said the nonprofit group's head, Nínive Caligari.
该非营利组织负责人尼尼夫·卡里加里说：“如今，来自各个政党的左右派州长以及其他一些人正在解决这个问题，因为他们必须这样做。
"We've never seen what we are seeing right now," she said.
她说：“我们从来没有见过我们现在所看到的情况”。
In Idaho, Governor Brad Little is aiming to raise the state's average starting pay into the nation's top 10.
爱达荷州州长布拉德·利特尔的目标是将该州的平均起薪提高到全国前十名。
In Delaware, Governor John Carney said competition for teachers is stronger than ever and a pay increase is necessary to "win the competition with surrounding states."
特拉华州州长约翰·卡尼表示，争取教师的竞争比以往任何时候都更加激烈，为了“赢得与周边州的竞争”，加薪是必要的。
However, it is not clear how far pay raises will go toward reducing teacher shortages.
然而，目前还不清楚加薪将会在多大程度上减少教师短缺的问题。
Some teachers say such offers come too late to fix problems that have been developing for years.
一些教师表示，这样的提议来得太晚了，无法解决已经存在多年的问题。
Some possible reasons for teacher shortages include limited budgets after the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and low enrollment numbers in colleges and programs that train teachers.
教师短缺问题的一些可能原因包括2007-2008年金融危机后有限的预算以及大学和培训教师项目的低入学率。
Data from several states has shown rising numbers of teachers leaving the profession over the past few years.
来自几个州的数据显示，在过去几年里，越来越多的教师离开了这个行业。
Researchers say the teacher shortages are most severe in poor and rural areas.
研究人员表示，贫困和农村地区的教师短缺问题最为严重。
Schools also report difficulties in hiring teachers for subjects like special education, math and science.
学校还报告称，在招聘特殊教育、数学和科学等学科的教师方面存在困难。
Teachers report growing workloads, shrinking independence or autonomy, and increasingly hostile school environments.
教师报告称，工作量越来越大，独立性或自主性越来越弱，学校环境越来越恶劣。
Meanwhile, teacher pay has fallen behind that of college-educated people in other fields.
与此同时，教师的薪酬已经落后于受过大学教育在其他领域工作的人。
The Economic Policy Institute, a research group, said the difference between teacher pay and pay for college-educated people in other professions reached a record 23.5 percent in 2021.
研究机构经济政策研究所表示，2021年，教师与受过大学教育从事其他职业的人的薪酬之间的差距达到了创纪录的23.5%。
Magan Daniel, who at 33 just left her central Alabama school, was not persuaded to stay by pay raises.
33岁的马甘·丹尼尔刚刚从阿拉巴马州中部的学校毕业，她没有被加薪说服留下来。
It would take big increases to match neighboring Georgia, where the average teacher salary is $62,200.
要想赶上邻州乔治亚州的水平，需要大幅加薪，乔治亚州的教师平均工资为6.22万美元。
That number comes from the National Education Association, or NEA, the nation's largest teachers union.
这一数字来自美国最大的教师工会——全国教育协会。
Fixing teachers' work culture and growing workloads would be a more powerful reason to stay than a pay raise, Daniel said.
丹尼尔说，与加薪相比，改善教师的工作文化和不断增加的工作量将会是其留下来的更有力的理由。
The NEA said the average pay for public school teachers in America increased two percent during the 2021-2022 school year.
全国教育协会表示，2021-2022学年，美国公立学校教师的平均工资上涨了2%。
Average yearly pay was $66,745 last year.
去年的平均年薪为66745美元。
However, inflation was around 9 percent at the time.
然而，当时的通货膨胀率约为9%。
Sylvia Allegretto of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, called pay promises by governors one-time "Band-Aids" that barely keep up with inflation.
经济政策研究中心的西尔维娅·阿莱格雷托称，州长们的薪酬承诺是一次性的“权宜之计”，几乎跟不上通货膨胀的步伐。
Allegretto said of these changes, "You're not fixing the problem, generally."
阿莱格雷托在谈到这些变化时说，“总的来说，并没有解决问题。”
Research shows a pay raise will have at least some effect on keeping teachers, said Ed Fuller of Pennsylvania State University.
宾夕法尼亚州立大学的埃德·富勒表示，研究表明，加薪至少会对留住教师产生一些影响。
What is difficult to research, Fuller said, is the effect a raise has on a college student's decision to enter a teacher preparation program — and take on debt.
富勒说，很难研究的是，加薪对大学生决定参加教师培训项目和承担债务的影响。
In Pennsylvania, the William Penn School District is offering signing payments or bonuses for long-term substitute teachers.
在宾夕法尼亚州，威廉佩恩学区正在为长期代课教师提供签约金或奖金。
The school is also holding its first-ever job fair for teachers.
学校还举办了有史以来第一次教师招聘会。
Superintendent Eric Becoats said a teacher told him moving to a neighboring district would result in $10,000 more in pay.
负责人埃里克·贝科茨说，一位老师告诉他，搬到邻近的学区可以多挣1万美元。
That is something the relatively small and poor district cannot compete with right now.
这是这个相对小和贫穷的学区目前无法与之竞争的东西。
Some teachers also tell him they will retire or leave the profession if they can.
一些老师还告诉他，如果可以的话，他们会辞职离开这个职业。
Joshua Morgan, who left his teaching job in Oklahoma last year, said a major change in pay is required to overcome how teachers now think about their jobs.
去年辞去了俄克拉何马州教师工作的约书亚·摩根表示，要改变教师目前对工作的看法，就需要对薪酬进行重大调整。
Once they expected to stay at a school until they retired.
他们曾经希望在学校待到退休。
"That's not how the world works anymore," Morgan said.
摩根说：“世界不再是这样运转的了”。
"I'm seeing more educators, especially the younger ones, coming in and saying, ‘I'm not willing to put up with this.'"
“我看到越来越多的教育工作者，尤其是年轻的教育工作者，走进来说，‘我不愿意忍受这种情况。’”
I'm John Russell.
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