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To: Alighieri who wrote (602922)	3/8/2011 4:58:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1577883

Al, > It's an exaggerated question, but certainly better pay scale attracts better talent... Not necessarily, but you'll end up convincing a lot of teachers, talented or mediocre, to tolerate more crap. That was the point of the exaggerated question. More money won't necessarily lead to better teachers. Tenchusatsu P.S. - And I haven't even brought up the difficulty of firing bad teachers, which is necessary if you want to attract better teaching talent.

To: Alighieri who wrote (602922)	3/8/2011 5:32:51 PM
From: TopCat	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577883

"Teachers should be revered..instead we demonize them and pay them less then a factory worker." Why??? Because.....using your own words... "...only the lowly among professionals embark on a teaching career these days" To reverse this process....set high standards, fire teachers that don't meet those standards and hire ones that do. Productivity will increase and pay will follow. In order to do this.....unions are going to have to be neutered.