"The Teacher Wars." It's Easier To Fire Bad Teachers Than To Re-Hire Anyone

http://www.amazon.com/The-Teacher-Wars-Embattled-Profession/dp/038553695X

Even if offered a salary increase of $25,000.00, a decisive majority of good teachers will not teach in blighted neighborhoods.

Remember: It is always easier to fire bad teachers than to re-hire anyone.  

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"To improve our schools, we need to make it harder to become a teacher."
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2014/06/american_schools_need_better_teachers_so_let_s_make_it_harder_to_become.html

There simply are not enough "good candidates" who want to be teachers so that the result of "raising the bar" is to insure that there aren't enough teachers. 

The best approach to securing more good teachers (though still too few) would be to "lower the bar" so that teachers are evaluated in classroom (or out of classrom) teaching situations by a mix of students, administrators and other teachers according to how well they perform "on the job" with no reference to their formal credentials. 

The proof is in the pudding, not in the "chef's credentials."

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