>You don't think you'd get real teachers if there was a higher budget to pay them well?
No, this has been proven many times that money is not a leading factor: Just one : https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED418160
The only clear indication of student performance is parent participation and involvement.
Which is often downstream of zip code.
> No, this has been proven many times that money is not a leading factor: Just one : https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED418160 The only clear indication of student performance is parent participation and involvement.
No, we're talking about teacher quality, not student performance. Obviously they are not the same thing. You even listed some factors that affect them differently.