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

[Sancho]

15. Most MEd degrees now require content courses....

there have been changes over the last decade or so. Of course, some of us were required to take graduate courses in a content area as part of a masters even in the 70's. The MEd's without content have been disappearing for about 20 years.

If you get an MEd in most programs now, you will take additional courses in music, math, or whatever subject you teach in addition to foundation and pedagogy courses. You also will likely get more supervised clinical experience teaching in your concentration.

I realize that programs vary widely and mail-order degrees are still out there, but fully accredited programs are carefully examined and usually include useful coursework that's on target.

It's true that some credentials don't cross state lines and there have been complaints about that for decades. Nationally accredited programs can earn credentials pretty quickly, and I've moved across three states without much more than a transcript analysis and taking a state test in a content area.

Yes, my first year teaching science was for $8900 and I was offered $20,000 to work for an oil company at the end of that year. Teacher pay is terrible (and professor pay is not much better). If you want to make a living teaching, you'll probably have to work a second job, go into administration, or buy a lottery ticket.