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Originally Posted by sapiens
Money certainly helps, but I would put it toward hiring smarter teachers. In my experience, grade school and high school teachers are either brilliant saints or not-so-bright slackers. Increase the salaries of teachers across the board. The field will become more competitive, resulting in more intelligent, more effective teachers. Bright, caring college students who would have otherwise gone into other higher paying professions will consider education.
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I agree as well. Teachers are either awesome or abismally underqualified. That is where the main problems have been for years. We need to get more bright and talented individuals as teachers. I would love to teach, but I have this habit that keeps me from teaching, its called paying my bills.