James Talarico: “I want to create, like I did here in Texas, through our…”

“If we want to recruit the best and brightest coming out of our colleges and universities, we have to have a competitive starting salary for teachers. And then on top of that, I want to create, like I did here in Texas, through our school finance reform bill, that I helped draft pathways for our, for our best, most effective teachers to earn six figure salaries. Because this is the most important profession. No offense to the legal profession, but we wouldn't have lawyers if we didn't have teachers. So everything starts with a good teacher in a classroom.” (07:56–08:08)

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