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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
Can't afford what, exactly?
If you don't pay people what they are worth, in any profession, they leave. That leaves you with those that are willing to stay (typically the under performers and inexperienced).
Sounds like a good way to ensure our children are ready to take on the challenges ahead of them.
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Well, your 2nd and 3rd point applies to everyone, and many in the private sector have taken big pay cuts and haven't seen increases in wages either. This is more a society problem than a teachers problem.
Your first point relates to under-staffing, which could be addressed better by reducing pay to all teachers so more could be hired, thus decreasing the load and stress on current teachers who would be more willing to work in a better environment for less pay. Paying teachers more doesn't fix the issues, it just rewards them for having to deal with the suckage.