Heh .... you need to hang out with a better class of teachers.
My wife teaches high school. She has BA & MA in subjects relevant to her courses. Near as I can tell, so does EVERY other teacher in the school. Except, of course, the ones with subject relevant PhD. Yes, I’m telling you that, near as I can tell, ZERO of her colleagues have “pretty little ‘education’ degrees”.
But this is a private school ... no ripping off the taxpayer, or paying union dues.
Maybe there’s a lesson here.
Abolish the “public” schools. Educating children is far too important to let the government take over and fsck it up.
That sounds like a lot of wasted money on advanced degrees. A BA, BS or relevant life experience is all that is needed to teach high school. No wonder education whether public or private costs so much.