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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think teachers are underpaid even at 90k (after 20 years). Now if you stated them off at 90k that would be make more sense. My kid's education is too important. [/quote]

Pay isn't tied to the importance of your job, [b]it's tied to the scarcity of your skill[/b].  Supply and demand people - clearly a teacher has failed to teach you a very basic concept.

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Yup. And good teachers are a scarce resource -- even more so in US society, where smart kids who want a well-paid, high-prestige job almost never consider a career in teaching, due to the low prestige and low pay.

How to attract good candidates to a job? Offer good pay and good working conditions. Also a basic economic concept![/quote]

No, they aren't. Dumbass.

A lot more people want the job than there are positions.  If it were the reverse, they would be paid more.

True, you can argue that *good* teachers are hard to find, but I still disagree with the assertion.  Look at your typical private school, in most cases, their teachers are paid less than they are paid at public school.  And the private schools can certainly be selective in their hiring process and many can afford to pay their teachers more, but they don't.  And again - the reason - is that there are many more interested teachers in the job than there are available jobs.[/quote]

Evidently you believe that any warm body with the right credentials on paper can fill the position as well as any other warm body. I disagree. I don't want a warm body in my child's classroom; I want a highly-qualified, highly-skilled professional.

Evidently you also believe that private school teachers are better than public school teachers. Again, I disagree.[/quote]

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