alt Hacker NewsWhy do you think it is not relevant to the problem of teacher recruiting? I would be more likely to go into teaching if I thought it could be a good place to work and I would be paid fairly. My impression, from seeing my kids go through public schools, is that the lockstep pay (which can be bumped by getting mostly-useless online degrees) creates bad incentives. There is no way to move up quickly by being an awesome teacher, and mediocre teachers are impossible to get rid of. This hurts morale and drains districts of resources that could be used to pay better-performing teachers.
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beepbooptheory • today at 4:13 AM
I too would be more likely to be a public school teacher if it paid more.
> Why do you think it is not relevant to the problem of teacher recruiting?
First, the issue with teacher pay is that it is low. OP and you would instead say that the issue is that it's not low enough for some low performers, and that such a correction would lead new teachers to enter the market. Is there an economics study that shows a similar phenomenon occurring?
> I would be more likely to go into teaching if I thought it could be a good place to work and I would be paid fairly.
I doubt this, because if you cared you would get enough of the mostly-useless degrees in order to get to a pay level that makes sense for you.
Anyway, there are private institutions you could go teach for; instead I hear you saying that you could do better than these unionized public school teachers if your assured brilliance were recognized monetarily.