Just flatly not true.

New Mexico (where I live) is dead last in education out of all 50 states. They are currently advertising for elementary school teachers between 65-85K per year. Summers off. Nice pension. In this low cost of living state that is a very good salary, particularly the upper bands.

I don't think it's a money issue at this point.

Because they use whole language theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_language) instead of phonics for teaching how to read.