Where to begin with your shortsighted comment... teachers at the top had to endure sacrifices for many years with no raises, strike, and furlough/forced no work days and have borrowed money to pay mortage and other expenses. We have sacrificed and never recovered. It took 35 years to get to the top and many if the years saw miniscule raises if you call it that, and no step movement for many years. Beginning teachers are getting more than decent raises, but for what teachers have to do, its still not enough. FYI, thr top two steps are being compressed and losing the years of step increases ehich is a rip off for those who have dedicated their lives to being in the classroom. I just don't appreciate that the news media is making it sound like we are all getting 14% , because we aren't.