Comments on: Priorities http://www.chrisamiller.com/blog/2006/08/03/priorities/ politics, tech, humor, and science since 2002 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris http://www.chrisamiller.com/blog/2006/08/03/priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Chris Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:40:10 +0000 http://www.chrisamiller.com/wp/?p=744#comment-220 I agree 100 percent. School infrastructure is definitely an important part of funding education adequately. In addition, kids need more personalized attention, which means lowering class sizes and hiring more teachers. It also means increasing teacher pay so that our best and brightest don't always end up in other professions. To most people, it's a no-brainer when they can make a lot more in business. Of course, that reflects a whole other set of priorities, but I'll save that for another post. I agree 100 percent. School infrastructure is definitely an important part of funding education adequately. In addition, kids need more personalized attention, which means lowering class sizes and hiring more teachers. It also means increasing teacher pay so that our best and brightest don’t always end up in other professions.

To most people, it’s a no-brainer when they can make a lot more in business. Of course, that reflects a whole other set of priorities, but I’ll save that for another post.

]]> By: Mike Goodspeed http://www.chrisamiller.com/blog/2006/08/03/priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Mike Goodspeed Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:40:19 +0000 http://www.chrisamiller.com/wp/?p=744#comment-219 I've come to the assumption that increasing teacher pay isn't going to get it done. I've got SO MANY friends that are teachers that can't get jobs. The money needs to go into the system. We need more classrooms. We need more buildings, and more school districts. My friends want to be teachers and they are stuck being hall monitors or being a sub until an old teacher dies or goes on maternaty leave. I’ve come to the assumption that increasing teacher pay isn’t going to get it done. I’ve got SO MANY friends that are teachers that can’t get jobs. The money needs to go into the system. We need more classrooms. We need more buildings, and more school districts. My friends want to be teachers and they are stuck being hall monitors or being a sub until an old teacher dies or goes on maternaty leave.

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