[quote=dbapig][quote=flu]
Why don’t we just regulate everyone’s pay. What is the fascination of of someone else’s pay? [/quote]
Flu, we are NOT talking about regulating someone’s pay. We want a good education for our kids, our future. And it’s obvious that good pay would help draw good teachers which would improve education.
You got any good ideas for improving the education system?[/quote]
Sure.
1)Spend time educating your own kid. It’s more effective than “outsourcing” it to someone else anyway.
2)Follow how the education system is setup in asia, where kids need to pass entrance exams to get into the “best” public schools. Then take your “best” teachers and put them in those top schools and pay them more than your not so best schools.
Therefore, kids and teachers that care and want to do well get rewarded for it. Kids/teachers that dont give a rats well, they can get left behind and/or make less.
This would also solve the social/economic issue wrto education here in the U.S.
1)If you’re a smart/hardworking kid you get into the best schools regardless of economic background you are from. This eliminates the issue with kids coming from a poor family otherwise smart/hard working not having access to the “best” public schools in the U.S. Unfortunately, good education is tied too much to private money, and because public education is essentially “socialized”, everyone one else who doesn’t pay for private education gets the same generic material regardless of kid’s capabilities. This no-kid-left-behind thing, I think is a big problem, because it put too much emphasis on bringing bottom people up to average and not doing anything for top people.
2)If you’re a not-so-stellar kid/kid that dont care/or not so smart, well then your fall backplan is to fallback into a lesser school and/or if you have rich(er) parents that can “buy” your education for you at a private school.
3)If you’re a parent with a kid that isn’t #1 and you arent financially at #2, then well you fall back on #3 which is you spend your own time teaching your kids.
Note though: of course does not apply to kids with special ed needs. There should be schools setup specifically for this obviously.
However, fundamentally this arrangement would be viewed by many as a problem. Many would probably complain about this being “elitist”, though I’m still wondering why when it comes to sports, why can’t professional sports be regulated this way with a “no player left behind approach” and have every team play like the San Diego Chargers. Hence, this is why I feel, our education system will never be fixed. And the tradition will continue….money can buy better education here in the U.S…And why some parents will buy homes with better public schools or send them private. Because in the same area, parents with more financial means will pony up to support a higher standard.
Case in point: Carmel Valley school district parents pretty much dumped donation after donation into saving all those ESD extracurric programs when the district announced a budget shortfall and those programs/teachers would have to be cut. Because of parental donations, those teachers/jobs/classes were saved.
