"While teachers in Oakland’s school district have seen stagnating annual wages — an average of $46,500 for the past five years — the cost of living in the city is now double the national average. An average one-bedroom apartment in Oakland rents for $2,680 a month, according to Zillow — an 86 percent increase from what it was less than 10 years ago.
'Just 10 years ago, a teacher could find a studio apartment in Oakland and be able to make ends meet, but that’s not a reality anymore,' said Keith Brown, president of the Oakland Education Association, the educators union; Brown has been a middle school teacher in Oakland for more than 20 years. 'The irony is that Oakland and the Bay Area have a booming tech industry, so it should reflect in having great public schools here that are well-funded.'”
~ S. Ghaffary
https://www.recode.net/2019/2/19/18232183/oakland-california-teachers-strike-economic-inequality-public-school-charter-prop13
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