Dozens of educators, along with a handful of parents and community members, gathered Tuesday night in Jefferson City to hear about the State Board of Education s latest plans to address the "crisis" of teacher recruitment and retention in Missouri.
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Missouri state law sets the base salary for a beginning teacher at $25,000, the second-lowest in the nation. A Blue Ribbon Commission on teacher recruitment and retention found that raising salaries would cost the state around $29.5 million.