>So, I think the solution is easy: Pay teachers a salary that is competitive with other high-skilled professions, and you'll get good teachers.
The problem with that argument is that the supply vastly, VASTLY outstrips demand. How can you possibly argue that we should pay these candidates more when you have 100 applicants per position in most school districts?
Doesn't this suggest a real problem with the upstream pipeline?
Except even if you whittle it down to "qualified" based on nebulous standards, you still get everyone applying with bachelor and/or master's degrees in Education - people who have ostensibly gone through training programs to become the best educators they can be.
The problem with that argument is that the supply vastly, VASTLY outstrips demand. How can you possibly argue that we should pay these candidates more when you have 100 applicants per position in most school districts?
Doesn't this suggest a real problem with the upstream pipeline?