David Boies plans to strip teachers of due process rights state by state.

[BrotherIvan]

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You want to know the secret? Pay teachers their worth--as in the worth of their degrees and certification--don't beat them up or force them to be test monitors, and we will be able to attract the best of the best. I know many people who would love to leave their corporate and even university jobs and teach in K-12, but the salary is so low and the job so dismal, they don't.

There is a dearth of teachers in the science and math fields, and often those areas are taught by those who did not specialize in that field. I had a lot of coaches for math in high school, for instance, because someone had to run the class. But the teaching profession does not attract those with advanced degrees in science because it is so far off from the pay of that field. If we want excellent teachers, make the job attractive and there will be plenty of people willing to invest in a teaching degree to do it.

It really is that simple.