True, and unimportant. We could still have a very crappy school with wealthy, well-paid teachers. If you put those same teachers in the public school system they would have a very hard time being successful.
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Replying to @babagannoujh
Have you ever been in a poor district? My wife worked in one. She worked her ass off, didn’t move the needle much, because everything around her was broken.
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Replying to @AustenAllred
Yes. I’ve been in many poor districts. I’ve had to convince myself that people were lighting off fireworks (in February). I moved from one place when bullets came through my window and from another when they found a body in our yard.
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Replying to @babagannoujh
And you think teachers making $100k would solve that?
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Replying to @AustenAllred
You seem to be someone that clings to whatever surface you can find in order to dismiss the substance. Let’s call it $80k or $120k or some other $ figure that incentivizes top talent to apply. It’s the same logic your so called school leverages to justify its existence.
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Replying to @babagannoujh
No, you seem to be not understanding my argument, and unwilling t even fathom that yours might be missing something. Teachers can only do so much if the rest of the system is broken. Especially for elementary aged children.
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Replying to @AustenAllred
If you think I’m missing something, perhaps you could clarify your position? Pointing at something and groaning “broken!” is a ghastly look.
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Replying to @babagannoujh
School structure, who is on a school board, organizational behavior of a school, students’ home lives, measurement methods, etc. all matter greatly, and paying teachers more doesn’t fix any of those things.
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Replying to @AustenAllred
School structures are determined at a local level and are largely self-defined or defined in conjunction with a school board (the majority of which are elected). Attracting top talent to the field would, over time, provide a corrective influence. Bluntly, you’re wrong on this.
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The power teachers have over school boards is negligible. Bluntly, you're wrong.
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Replying to @AustenAllred
Again, you’re not thinking broadly enough. How is it you came to believe you were able to educate people? Seems more like that kind of mindset would churn out performing monkeys.
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