[Wiser now]

“Great teachers should make $130,000, $140,000, $150,000”.
I have long suspected the goal of teachers was to push their earnings up to the level of doctors and lawyers.

[Tammy8]

I think great teachers should make the same range of salary as other professionals...but our system weeds out the great teachers so we would have to gut the system and start over before they could convince me they needed to be well paid. Most are overpaid now compared to their worth.

[neocon1984]

I have long suspected the goal of teachers was to push their earnings up to the level of doctors and lawyers.

As a PhD who has made good, but not big money, let me say that teachers who demonstrate intelligence the way doctors need to (e.g., GRE scores, MCATs) may deserve more money, IF THEY PRODUCE DEMONSTRABLE RESULTS that shows they are adding value equivalent to their compensation.

[BenKenobi]

Great teachers should get paid that much.

Poor ones should be canned. Pay teachers what the market is willing to pay.

[Mom MD]

That’s OK. Obama is busy pushing the income of doctors down to that of teachers. So I guess it evens out. / sadly not sarcasm