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This is alot of talk about nothing. Vast majority of teachers in my state are not certified in all areas they teach; required by No Child Left Behind. Emergency certifications have been around forever. Bottomline is that new prospective teacher must have degree in say math or science, pass Praxis II area certification for feds and then start at 34 grand/year. You are not going to get alot of takers in high crime urban areas where the teachers are needed.

Double beginning teacher salaries and you will get highly qualified people, but that will never happen; unless prop taxes triple.

Most teachers leave teaching after 10-12 years, they burn out. They top out on pay scale and still get out of teaching. Teach for a few years and you will understand why.

Just more politics as usual.

Double beginning teacher salaries and you will get highly qualified people, but that will never happen; unless prop taxes triple.

I won't say anything here about your math. I will, however, say that doubling the starting teacher salaries is fine as long as they will accept double the class size. These classes with 16-18 students are ridiculous.

There is absolutely no correlation between the amount of money spent and the quality of education produced. Average class size in Japan is 50+, teacher's salary much less, and gee, I think their kids are just a little more educated.