Lawmakers in south Carolina, which ranks among the worst for education in the country, recently approved a raise for teachers. Advocates say it’s not enough.
Meredith Blackwood’s typical workday begins at 7:30 a.m. in a classroom full of third graders — and ends as late as 11 p.m. in a factory across town.
After their school day ends, on weekends and during school breaks, the Blackwoods don red scrubs and hair nets and join the assembly line at Nephron Pharmaceuticals, which, since March, has given part-time work to more than 650 teachers. But none of their gigs on school grounds pays them as much on an hourly basis as Nephron, where they make $21 an hour.
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