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Low pay pushing teachers to relocate, commute to other states

The average teacher in Texas makes about $52,000 per year, but just next door in Oklahoma, educators are paid about $45,000. That pay gap is forcing teachers in Oklahoma and elsewhere to relocate to other states, creating a teacher shortage. Omar Villafranca reports.
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