Randy Richardson is a former educator and retired associate executive director of the Iowa State Education Association.
In 2019 I wrote a Bleeding Heartland article about the growing disparity between administrative and teacher salaries. At the time I didn’t anticipate that the situation would get much worse. I hoped that Iowa’s ever-increasing rainy day funds might be used when pay became more of a problem.
Regrettably, here I am again three years later, encouraging Iowans to focus on what has become a major issue.
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