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There's nothing inherently wrong with paying higher wages even if they generate no increase in performance. That's a wealth transfer, which could be either good

There's nothing inherently wrong with paying higher wages even if they generate no increase in performance. That's a wealth transfer, which could be either good or bad, depending on other factors.

darawk 8y ago
Totally agree with you. But two things: 1) Wages weren't being measured, spending was. Not necessarily the same thing. 2) Teacher wages may be relevant as moral issue, but they are not the same thing as measuring the quality of a school, from an academic perspective, which is what the point of this article was.
rayiner 8y ago
Teachers are relatively privileged—college educated, middle class, and oh disproportionately white (80%). Raising teacher wages without seeing a benefit to the nation’s disproportionately minority (50%), lower income student population is shameful use of finite public money. If public money is invested, it should be done based on ROI. If there is no ROI, that’s welfare, and welfare should go to those with the greatest need.
- thrmsforbfast 8y ago
  > If public money is invested, it should be done based on ROI. If there is no ROI, that’s welfare, and welfare should go to those with the greatest need. The problem we're currently facing -- on full display in this article -- is the wide-spread delusion that confuses "ROI" with "performance on one extraordinarily poorly designed multiple-choice test from the 70's".
sjg007 8y ago
Especially when different locales have different costs.
dnautics 8y ago
Paying higher wages is not the same as spending more. The us has extremely low wage growth for teachers among oecd nations while having the 5th? I think? highest per student expenditures among the oecd.