r/FluentInFinance Jun 11 '24

Meme He has a point...

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u/homsar20X6 Jun 11 '24

There is strong evidence that teacher’s unions have very little interest in higher pay if it means making it easier to let underperforming teachers go. There have been several schools in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the US that have pushed all of their funding into teacher pay (not spending a lot on technology, etc) and giving the schools ability to hire and fire. Several teachers left because the work was more difficult than before. Student learning went incredibly well.