West Virginia Teacher Strike

[Benton]

(03-01-2018, 11:46 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: You should be advocating against public schools if you want wages to rise.   At least at that point you would be finally paid based on your merit in the classroom.  

Everyone loves paying great teachers.   It’s the dead weight one who just cruise out their time who no one wants to pay, yet they make the most.

Private schools don't always pay more than public schools. In many instances, they pay less, but teachers work there due to smaller class sizes, to get their own child's tuition reduced or just for a better work environment. And as we move further away from public education, they'll likely opt to pay lower wages. 

For profit education is unsurprisingly for profit. If you can pay staff a lower rate, you're going to pay a lower rate. That's just business. Once public systems are abolished, there's no real wage scale for teachers.