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I am all for paying great teachers more. I had three amazing teachers during my matriculation that should have been paid 7 figures for the amazing job they did. A vast majority were forgettable, some were incompetent in ways that their retention was only explicable  by tenure.  Some 80% of school sp...

We pay more for education than any country in the world, and the results are pathetic, and getting worse.  Where is that money going, if not to the teachers?  ...

Now do Huckleberry Finn....

Like any other profession better pay draws in better qualified applicants. That principle works in the corporate offices of rich fat cat bastards of CORPORATE AMERICA.  Why should it be any different where THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN ARE CONCERNED?????????????...

Systemic racism doesn't have to be rooted in law to be a FACT. In fact it often exists even when laws are created to COMBAT IT. Either you know that as well as I do and are just PLAYING IGNORANT, or you're WOEFULLY MISINFORMED.  I've HUNDREDS of articles on the subject, but posting it for those liv...

Why pay the 8th or ninth highest wages to American teachers who are churning out students finishing 24th or 25th in STEM testing? Want better pay? Deliver a better result.   ...

Why would a study be needed to prove systemic racism real when all one has to do is cite a law or policy that discriminates against citizens based on minority status? All I see are laws and policies that do the exact opposite.  Name a single law or systemic policy that discriminates against blacks. ...

Thanks for pointing that out, OG. Because many on the right (as one did earlier in this thread), and even some on the left are quick to claim so much has been spent on education in the U.S.  In reality, when compared to other highly industrialized nations, teachers' salaries are (depending on which...

Them elitist schools got all that money, it's no mystery why we should stop giving money to poor public schools. If we did, they'd become elitist too! Rightwing logic is toxic. And the truth is these millionaire Senators sit and don't do **** about this! But they still somehow stay in the Senate fo...

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