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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Chicken and the egg

1. do we not pay enough because a lot of teachers are mediocre or bad
2. it doesn't pay enough so qualified, good potential teachers don't go into the profession.

I think STEM teachers and those that are willing to teach in low income areas are paid a lot more.  But, has the increase in pay attracted more and better teachers in these areas?

Anecdotally, below article would support #1 above:

http://nypost.com/2014/12/08/majority-of-citys-teacher-trainees-flunked-literacy-tests/
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It's not chicken-and-egg. It's a refusal on the part of US society to accept that the basic truth that people do stuff for money and prestige applies to teachers. We used to get away with this when the career choices for highly-talented women were limited to the following three low-pay, low-prestige jobs:

1. teacher 
2. nurse 
3. secretary

Those days are long gone. If you want highly-talented people go to into teaching, make teaching prestigious, and pay well.[/quote]

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