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Originally Posted by miharris
Most studies I've seen show no discernable correlation between teacher salaries and outcomes (measured by normalized scores on standardized tests, graduation rates, etc) Also, your numbers do not account for CoL differences between states.
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Actually, the absolute worst school districts in the country tend to be the highest paid. Check out Chicago's results sometime. Meanwhile there's a district in Jacksonville that's among the highest rated in the country. My own kids went to Sapulpa,Ok schools, one of the poorest in the country. But you needed better than a 4.0 to make it into the top 10% of graduates. They got such a great education that they were both millionaires on their own efforts before they hit 30.
Maybe we'd get better results if our teachers just worked for tips.