In response to:
How can this be, we pay our teachers so well?
I understand that we are more than $16 Trillion in debt and unemployment has been above eight percent for 43 straight months, but education reform is a moral imperative that cannot wait:
We have a crisis in our schools. This is not a new revelation, but it needs to be stated regardless, particularly at the start of another academic year and at a time when America is struggling to compete in the very fields — math, science, technology — that are defining the global economy. Consider that U.S. high school students graduate with just a 32 percent proficiency...
Ok, how much should a teacher be paid? How much to you pay to be taught about Jesus?
People are willing to pay for education. But, like any marketplace, you can make a lot more if you have something people want to learn.