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David Lujan in the KJZZ studio in 2019

The National Education Association (NEA) released a report last month on teacher salary.

It shows that all 50 states saw increases in average teacher salaries over the last decade, but when adjusting for inflation, there was only an increase in 14 states. There were decreases in 36 states, including Arizona, which saw a decrease of almost 10 percent.

To break this down, The Show spoke with David Lujan, director of the Arizona Center for Economic Progress and one of the creators of the Invest in Ed ballot initiative.

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