tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801225916015233134.post2340767293653946625..comments2024-01-18T22:24:21.308-08:00Comments on Let's Talk Books And Politics: Teachers: Overworked and UndertrainedRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03814017074835418332noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801225916015233134.post-71345761368758030382013-10-11T04:52:17.612-07:002013-10-11T04:52:17.612-07:00I would like to add two comments:
(1) To a large e...I would like to add two comments:<br />(1) To a large extent the US's abysmal performance in international comparisons of secondary education is the result of inequality. Income inequality might still correspond to a high average income, but teaching inequality cannot follow that trick, because test scores (and the knowledge they represent) are much more bounded from above. An interesting fact is that if you take out blacks and Latinos from the sample scores, the US becomes an average performer.<br />(2) Quality comes at a cost. This idea that teaching must become more exclusive in order for teacher salaries to rise sounds odd to me. If we want to attract talented, professional teachers, we must pay them enough from the outset, or else there will be many unfilled positions in schools around the country.mishimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01012376392258885178noreply@blogger.com