Teacher Goes Viral After Revealing How Underpaid Educators Are In The U.S

Fourth-grade teacher Kyle Cohen in Cleveland, Ohio recently uploaded a video to TikTok and it went viral for exposing just how much teachers can be underpaid in the US. This is an ongoing issue many teachers have spoken on for years. 

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BuzzFeed talked to to Kyle, and he shared his passion for teaching and what directed him to the career after graduating from Ohio State University.

With excitement for working with young people, specially formed during years at a summer camp, he wanted to reach a field that would make a big impact. “Today, I teach fourth grade in a different district where I continue my fight for an education system that all kids in this country deserve,” he stated. 

“I work from about 7 to 5, which is roughly 10 hours [a day], multiply that by five, because there are five days in a week — that is 50 hours.” he says. “Multiply that by four, which is about 200 hours that I work a month. I also am going to add 10 additional hours per week, because if I look at my calendar, I have a lot of meetings and events, and things like that as a fourth-grade teacher that I’m required to attend.”

“In my first year of teaching, I taught at a charter school here in Cleveland, Ohio, and I made $31,000 as a fourth-grade teacher with a class of 16 students with a wide range of special needs — and I had my college degree and experience,” he says in the clip.

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Kyle Cohen has been very vocal about where he stands with the current pay teacher make. With his Youtube channel, and TikTok views he continues to make more people aware of the tragic situation that is going on In U.S everyday.