Originally Posted by blackcat
I think the requirements to be a teacher should be much higher. Everyone should have a Master's Degree and in depth training in gifted and special needs (esp. now that so many children are mainstreamed).

This would just trigger a watering-down of Master's programs. The demand is too great for supply... especially when the financial reward is so far below what Master's holders can earn in other fields.

Originally Posted by uppervalley
It's a pity centrists gave up on vouchers. They would speed up reform dramatically. So would eliminating lotteries at charter schools. If markets were allowed to work, they could get us a lot closer to a solution.

The market is in control at the university level, and that's not going well.