Teachers not to blame for low salaries | Letters to the editor

A recent viewpoint column in the Sun Sentinel by Maddie Dermon of the Freedom Foundation (oxymoron) in Olympia, Wash., blames Florida teacher unions for teacher salaries being lowered from No. 36 among states in 2010 to 50th now.

First of all, Republicans — not teachers — have controlled the Legislature continuously since 1996. If Gov. Ron DeSantis and the GOP grants $1,000 raises to teachers and yet other states give out $2,000 raises, we fall further behind.

Second, requiring teacher...