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To: TigerPaw who wrote (256430)	10/20/2005 2:41:10 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573558

disagree with you thinking student performance is related to teacher's pay. It's not the only thing, but it is a major factor. Besides pay, there is also resources to help the teacher. For example if each student has a book and there is another book for each desk, then the students don't have to shlep the books back and forth and nobody leaves their book in the wrong location. Teacher's aides are also a great resource, often used to coach and tutor the bewildered kids (quietly in the corner) so they don't disrupt the whole class and made it function at the worst kid's pace. Money makes the world go round and students smart. A tale of two high schools: One is in the city......a solidly middle class neighborhood. Forty eight percent of the teachers have a masters. Only the computer labs have computers. Twenty percent of the students have special needs. There are only over 30 students per classroom. Only 70% of the students graduate from high school in three years. 60% of the students passed the 10th reading test [no student left behind] and 38% the math testing. The other school is in an upper income suburb. 80% of the teachers have a masters. There are computers in every classroom. Two percent of the kids have special needs. There are about 20-25 students per classroom. Roughly 95% of the students graduate high school in three years. 92% of the students passed the reading test; 88% the math. ted