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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have liked all my kids' teachers who have had masters degrees and have found that it often reflects a genuine interest in learning more about teaching and becoming a more effective teacher.

On the other hand I am just really wary of this trend towards requiring everyone to have like 6-10 years of higher education before they can have a decent job. Especially at a time when higher education costs are offensively high.

I think rather than requiring a masters degree we should have more programs that enable teachers to obtain masters degrees or even just other advanced certificates in teaching for free or very low cost and then offering financial incentives for people who pursue this additional knowledge and training. Carrots not sticks.

If you don't address the education cost issues we just turn teaching into yet another profession that is inaccessible to people who don't grow up at least middle class.[/quote]

+1. Any extra requirements should focus on helping people to become good teachers. For teaching advanced high school classes, it would help if teachers have an advanced degree in the subject.[/quote]

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