Here’s the link to a recent story on NPR about a recently opened charter school in New York City called The Equity Project (TEP). They’re allocating their public funding to pay their teachers $125,000/yr while the principal earns $90,000. People may not get into teaching for the money, but that’s exactly the problem, so let’s throw money at the solution for a change.
We’ve got too many naysayers (Uncle Toms?) in this education game arguing against substantially higher teacher pay. Maybe those are the ones afraid they couldn’t compete if competent and excellent teachers could be attracted to every classroom. Why not compensate excellence in such important work?