If such a thesis were true then we would get better medical care by paying more to doctors, hospitals and nurses. We would get better American autos by paying union auto workers, auto management and auto top executives more money. We would get better mail delivery, better electricians, carpenters, politicians and judges by paying them more.
If you know that nothing in the previous paragraph is true then how did we get the universal notion about raising teachers pay?
If
facts mattered in this issue we would have to look at the private K-12
Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu the sole recipient of funds from the $10
billion Bishop Estate Trust.
The student teacher ratio is 13 to 1 and teachers are among the best paid in all of America. High School grade averages are not supportive of high teacher pay based on outside testing. The GPA of Kamehameha is 2.8 on a 4.0 = A scale.
The high school drop out rate, even at these private schools with 100% scholarships is 10%; with 20% who have not completed 12 years of school. College graduation rates are 1/3rd of other Hawaiian schools for Kamehameha alumni.
Pay teachers more? Look at the data first.