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2:42Now PlayingHere’s why teacher pay is disrupting class
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2:42Now PlayingWe take a look at a typical West Virginia teacher's household budget. It’s no wonder why they protested. Here are the numbers, broken down.
Michelle Grissom has been a teacher for 22 years, has three degrees and owes about $100,000 in student loan debt.
She was at the state Capitol in Denver last week rallying with thousands of other teachers demanding more state funding for public education in Colorado.
The protests in Colorado follow similar rallies, walkouts and teacher strikes in Arizona, Kentucky, Oklahoma and West Virginia.
"We are in trouble and as an educator I see what that does to our kids," Grissom, a seventh-grade social studies teacher for the Douglas County School District in Colorado, said about the lack of funding.
Teachers across the country cite underfunded classrooms, stagnant pay and changes in retirement programs as reasons for the growing frustration. Also on teacher's minds: Crushing student loan debt.
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