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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (45821)	10/13/2000 5:23:26 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Gordon, you stated, "Higher education is competitive and successful, why not K-12?" The differences between what college faculty get paid and what teachers get paid explains a great part of the difference. If K-12 teachers had graduate level degrees, up to and including PhD, and were trained both in teaching methods and the substance of the courses they teach, and were paid at the higher professional standard consistent with such training, then I could accept a voucher program, at least in principle. Under those conditions, talented teachers would see public schools as a reasonable career alternative. So far the only proposal I've seen that would concentrate on better trained teachers and provide tax incentives (instead of higher salaries) comes from that nemesis of all you guys -- Hillary Clinton.