The U.S. Department of Education released a report last week showing preschool teachers earn poverty-level wages. StateImpact Ohio鈥檚 Michelle Faust reports this can affect retention of good teachers.
Preschool teachers in Ohio make less than half of what elementary-school teachers make. Barbara Cicerchi trains early childhood educators at .
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She encourages her students to get their bachelor鈥檚 degree to improve their earning potential. But even with a B.A., these professionals still make about half than as much as their counterparts with a similar education level.
