re: Teacher Pay Raises

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strategies of best practices for teaching,

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Big misnomer.

The "strategies" today are to let the kids basically teach themselves and have the teacher facilitate.

These "strategies" are a big reason why our kids don't know the basics and why our education system is getting worse instead of better.

You want a good education system?

Instill discipline.

Go back to fundamentals and don't move on until they are mastered.

Have alternative schools for those who disrupt learning and put them to work as part of their studies. (litter pickup, cleaning public buildings, etc)

Don't count dropouts against school performance scores.

Put as much emphasis on the top 10% as you do the bottom 10%.

You'll have people lining up to be teachers if they don't have to put up with the BS they have to from administrations, kids, parents, and the Department of Education.