Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1920 — DETROIT TEACHERS RAISED [ARTICLE]

DETROIT TEACHERS RAISED

Mayor Couzens Says Wage Increase Will Make Instructors Highest Paid In United States. _ " ♦ Detroit, Mich., March s.—Mayor James Couzens announced that he has agreed to an Increase in school teachers’ salaries beginning September 1, which will make Detroit teachers the highest paid in the United States., The minimum for elementary teachers under the new schedule is fixed at $1,500 a year, minimum for high school teachers Is $1,700, representing yearly increases of SSBO to S6BO a year.