Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf4.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!acf4!mms1646 From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Discrimination against women (and teaching's rewards) Message-ID: <1340235@acf4.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 19:41:00 EDT Article-I.D.: acf4.1340235 Posted: Thu Jun 27 19:41:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 03:24:26 EDT References: <278@mss.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 22 >/* 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