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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Discrimination against women (and teaching's rewards)
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 19:41:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 27 19:41:00 1985
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>/* js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag) /  1:10 pm  Jun 25, 1985 */

>    I wish there were more people of Jim's quality in our country's high
>schools.  The way to accomplish this is *not* to diddle with the market to
>raise teacher's salaries.

Agreed.

>It is to change the definition of 'qualified' used
>by the hiring schools.  Change it so that fewer are qualified and there
>will not be such a glut of qualified teachers.  As a consequence, the     
>equilibrium price for a teacher will have to rise.

But then the cost of education will rise significatly.  The fact that
teacher's salaries are where they are indicates something about
where education stands in the preferences of individuals (ignoring
distortions by the gov't.'s involvement in education).  Besides,
the value of teacher's in educating people seems somewhat overrated.

>Jeff Sonntag

						Mike Sykora