Arguments around Teacher's salaries?

Yes but I think you just talked so far above their heads

they only perceived a slight breeze.

WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN” is such an eye opener.

I don't think that's an issue, honest. Teaching salaries aren't really that low, if you take into consideration the benefits they receive, the hours they work, and the education level needed to obtain the position. The issue is the public's perception of public school teachers. There are a lot of good ones out there, but the sub par ones who are protected by tenure make teachers seem unprofessional.

Its long been argued that higher salaries attract the best candidates. There is very little proof that this is true.

It can be shown that higher salaries attract the MOST candidtates, not necessarily the best. Proper hiring practices weed out the worst candidates ideally.But it can be hard to pick out the best candidates, from the ones that merely make us THINK they are the best.

The problem is that the government pays for schools in the US. Governments need tax revenue which they are not getting enough of right now. If parents had to pay for schools in addition to tax revenue, then teachers could be paid more and better candidates would go into teaching. With 100% paid by governments, that will never happen.

Salaries aren't really all that low, and we get great benefits. You need at least a bachelors degree in education and a teaching license to work in a public school. You can't get the job as just any ole shmoe who wants nice benefits. Most teachers who get into it just to have a job don't last long anyways, so it's not a real issue.

My fear is that if you raised salaries, you'd get a ton more people who just get into it for a paycheck, which isn't ideal.

Apparently, the right would have us believe that, in the corporate world. That's how AIG was able to justify bonuses in the millions after they took bailout money.

But when it comes to public sector employees, anyone making "too much" is a leech.

Anyone else find it ironic that the governor of WI makes more than any teacher in the state, with free health care, yet he says that "public sector" employees are making too much?

In the reality that i am in, the argument is about the enormous benefits packages, little money paid into their health care and taking away the rights of the public sector unions to blackmail the state governments and citizens.

so paying a top executive is justified if he is a high performer ans he should not be penalized for making tens of millions of dollars by paying a higher rate in taxes. so glad to hear a dem say top performers should be compensated accordingly.

>>> Don't you get what you pay for in this society?

You do, but only in free markets. When monopolies like labor unions take over the markets then consumers pay a lot yet get crap.

Education funding has tripled since 1990. Math and reading scores are down.

Money is not the problem.