'This $200 million equates to a salary increase in every classroom teacher’s paycheck of about $125 a month, and nowhere near the $15,000 annual increase needed to match the national average.'
The state's largest teachers union cites inflation and money going to voucher program to explain why billions more in state education spending won't move the needle.
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