a few thoughts on Teachers & Education

Higher salary for teachers is always good, but it alone will not improve the education process. Here is what will: colleges and universities need to be more selective on who they allow to work toward a teaching degree (as they do with medical doctors) College/university professors need to be held accountable to a very strict, higher level of what and how they teach a future teacher. When we (our colleges/universities) start graduating true professional teachers, our public school systems need to start replacing the people that now call themselves teachers but really are only there for the money. To do this we will have to discontinue the teaching security of 'tenure'. Make it so a teacher has to 'earn' (through great teaching) the right to remain a teacher each and every year. After doing these things we will need to reward teachers at the highest salary levels. Remember this: There would be no other types of professionals without teachers!