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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pay teachers more.  Better pay = better teachers.[/quote]

I think the funds would be better spent by reducing the credentials needed for teaching to a 2-year vocational program, reducing teacher compensation by 35%-50%, but then hiring twice to three times as many teachers to reduce class sizes to no more than 15 kids per class.

Which is to say that academic outcomes will improve more with a greater number of less-qualified teachers, than with fewer but higher-qualified teachers.
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Peer reviewed research does not support this approach. I'm not interested in having my kid taught by someone making 30k per year, who can't afford to either live near school or have decent transportation.

The correlation between class size and results is also low.[/quote]

If you really believe this, then we don't need many teachers at all -- simply bump classrooms up the size of college lecture halls.

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The studies PP is talking about look at comparisons between 20 kids and 30 kids or numbers like that. And therefore that's most likely what PP means. Getting it down to 15 kids a class probably won't make a difference.

My oldest has always had 29-30 kids in each class in ES. My youngest has always had 18-20. I haven't seen a measurable difference in their educations (some of the same teachers, mostly same curriculum) or even the classroom discipline. I'd rather 2 good teachers than 3 mediocre ones so we could go from 30 kids/class to 20.[/quote]

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