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Superintendent wants higher teacher salaries

EAST LANSING, MI (AP)--   State Superintendent Mike Flanagan is calling for an increase in salaries for Michigan teachers. 

Flanagan told a group of science experts at Michigan State University this week that an increase in salaries to more than $100,000 a year would attract more students that excel in science and math to become teachers. Flanagan says low teacher wages often discourage science and math students from pursuing teaching as a career.

He says raising teacher salaries above six figures also will encourage more "mid-career changers."

Flanagan stresses Michigan needs to raise all teachers to that level "to continue getting the best and brightest people."

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.