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Pay them more, and offer a promotion path, and you will get better candidates.

• eru 17y ago
  That may help. Offering more prestiges may be cheaper. The Economist had a piece (sourced by studies by some consultancies) that investigated the most important factors that determine the success of education systems around the world. Attracting good teachers was among the most important factor. But as far as I remember high pay did not work as well as high prestige. (South Korea seemed to have a knack for conferring high prestige on their elementary school teachers. They have strict entry requirements for studying to become a teacher --- and usually only take in as many students as they forecast to need as teachers in a few years.) [Everything written from memory. If somebody can find the article (or other sources), please post it here. Thanks!]