Teaching In Wisconsin
Information Every Teacher Needs to Know

Bright Teaching Futures Begin by Fleeing Wisconsin

Five years ago we created this website with the goal of helping young teachers find the best districts in Wisconsin. In 2026, after 15 years of Republican defunding of over 5 billion dollars in state aid to Wisconsin public schools, (the largest cuts to public schools in America), there are less than 20 school districts in Wisconsin (out of 420 public school districts) that we would recommend as a good place to work. Since 2011, Wisconsin Republicans in the state legislature have decimated state aid to public schools, driving Wisconsin's once #1 Act scores to 29th in America and falling every year. 

Thanks to a 15 year "War on Public Schools" and "War on Teachers" by a gerrymandered Republican Dictatorship that has ruled Wisconsin since 2011, over 95% of Wisconsin school districts are absolutely horrid places to teach. Pretty much "dead end jobs" for teachers in these districts with salaries that have fallen far behind the inflation rate, mostly crap health insurance with minimal coverages and high premiums & massive co-pays, and  crushing teacher workloads in both class sizes and workload expectations.

No other state in America has made larger cuts to public schools than the massive defunding of public schools by Wisconsin Republicans during that past 15 years. Before Republicans destroyed quality public education in Wisconsin, Wisconsin ranked about 25th in America in state aid to public schools.  

Thanks to the Republican Cabal that has spent the past 15 years slashing state aid to public schools, Wisconsin now ranks:

  • 44th in America in Funding for Public Schools (lowest in the Midwest)
  • 43rd in America for Starting Teacher Salaries  (lowest in the Midwest)
  • 35th in America for Average Teacher Salary (lowest in the Midwest)  

For 2026, we are changing the focus of our website to strongly encourage talented young teachers to flee Wisconsin. Graduating teachers need to do what their cohorts with Engineering and Business degrees have been doing for the past 20 years-flee low paid Wisconsin for the significantly better career opportunities in nearby states.

Whether you would like to teach in a rural, suburban, or urban community, we will provide you with a snapshot of how every Wisconsin school district has treated it's teachers since Republicans passed Act 10 in 2011, thus beginning 15 years of massive funding cuts to Wisconsin public schools. We also have a section listing Average Teacher Salaries for every Minnesota school district. Though a few years old, teacher salaries in every Minnesota district were far higher in 2023 than Wisconsin average teaching salaries are today.

Nearly ALL currently certified teachers with a Wisconsin teaching license will be able to immediately obtain either a comparable Minnesota or Illinois teaching license. Minnesota and Illinois school districts are actively recruiting the best and brightest Wisconsin teachers wishing to become the best teachers they can be. 

For those teachers planning on remaining in Wisconsin, we will be adding content showing how the 2026 Republican Legislative proposals will be making teachers' lives even worse, especially the new Math Initiatives that will require minimum 80 hour weeks from K-8 teachers in order to keep their jobs. A really ugly future is coming for teachers in Wisconsin.

See How Every Wisconsin School District Treated It's Teachers & Superintendent Since July 2011

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Wisconson Teacher Salaries drop to 33rd in the Nation

Our research team evaluated how every Wisconsin school district has treated it's teachers since Act 10 began in July 2011. 

Learn why at least 90% of Wisconsin school districts offer little more than "Dead End" Teaching Jobs.

What Happened?

Since 2011, Wisconsin Teachers Have Endured:

  • Greatest Decline in Teacher Salaries in America
  • Vicious Republican Anti-Teacher Attacks & Laws Designed to Hurt Teachers
  • Benefit Cuts & Skyrocketing Insurance Co-pays
  • Probationary Teacher Forever: Zero Job Security
  • Massive State Required Educator "Effectiveness" Paperwork Every Year
  • Layoffs of the Most Experienced Teachers

With a Nationwide Teacher Shortage, What's Keeping YOU in Wisconsin 

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Former Wisconsin Teacher's Message

Leaving the terrible working conditions caused by Act 10 was the 1st step to regain this teacher's love of teaching!

From 2010 to 2020, in her former Wisconsin school district the West Allis-West Milwaukee schools, the Average Teacher Salary increased by only $38 !!  During the Same Period, the Superintendent's Salary increased by $28,699!!

In 2022-2023, the West Allis-West Milwaukee school district has the LOWEST average teacher salary in Milwaukee County at $56,095. From 2011 to the 2022-2023 school year, the average teacher salary increased by only 7.4%, FAR below the inflation rate of 26.3%!

Now teaching in Spokane, WA, Ms. Bina enjoys the benefit of a fair and objective career salary system where ALL teachers are able to achieve the highest salary levels. Here is a table with a few benchmark salary levels for Spokane teachers:

A beginning Spokane teacher would earn $56,210 (which is a higher salary than the average teacher in the West Allis-West Milwaukee school district earned in the 2022-23 school year. A Spokane teacher with 7 years of experience and a Bachelor degree would earn $67,800. That same teacher would earn $78,916 with a Masters degree. All Spokane teachers earn FAR more than their counterparts in the West Allis-West Milwaukee school district (and most Wisconsin school districts).

After teaching 18 years in Wisconsin, moving to Spokane in 2014 was an excellent career move for Ms. Bina. 

We hope that our website provides the necessary information to help talented Wisconsin teachers find a better future in a state where teachers are valued and compensated accordingly.