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[–] 38 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Pay teachers more, free breakfast and lunch for every child. These two things are the only things that you can just throw money at to improve outcomes that can be replicated everywhere.

As a generalization, they don't need more money for textbooks, they don't need more tech, they don't need building upgrades, they don't need whatever the latest software scam is, etc.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (8 children)

    If only... oregon pays teachers well, and does free breakfast and lunch. But the results don't line up. There is more to it. To me it looks like the administration is often pretty terrible. But my sample size for that is small.

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    Yep, another thing that throwing money could solve. Imagine how much more attention students could get if classrooms maxed out at like 15. There's a reason expensive private schools advertise small classes.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Now imagine how bad the results would be without it...

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    is 45,000 a year good for a job that requires a masters?

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  • Average in orrgon is 77k. But don't forget the pensions and such. In most other jobs, retirement money comes out of your pay. In states that have decent teachers unions (always blue it seems), it is on top of the salary. And it usually includes access to subsidized healthcare insurance for life. (All assuming you meet the retirement criteria).

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