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Renewed call to raise teacher salaries in the U.S.

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed just how essential some jobs really are to the nation with the agonizing months under lockdown showing parents the indispensable roles of teachers in the U.S. A recent op-ed in The New York Times renews a call for raising the salaries of teachers, making the case that six-figure salaries might help slow the exodus of educators and improve school quality. Colette Coleman, a sociologist and a former teacher who wrote that op-ed, joined CBSN to discuss closing the pay gap. Source

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President Biden pushes for “Summer of Freedom”; Potential mass grave of Indiginous children found in Canada Source

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Serving time: Excessive sentencing “haunts” former judge

“CBS This Morning” revisits a story first covered more than two years ago. It surrounds two separate cases of what could be considered “excessive sentencing” – involving offenders Patrick Flaherty and Bobby Bostic – both locked up since the 1990’s on convictions of armed robbery. Erin Moriarty of “48 Hours” travels to Missouri for an unlikely release. Source

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