This is such a vicious cycle. The worse we teach math, the worse our math labor force, including teachers. The worse our labor force, the more of a pay cut it t

This is such a vicious cycle. The worse we teach math, the worse our math labor force, including teachers. The worse our labor force, the more of a pay cut it takes to teach math for the rarer and rarer people who really get it. To cut this cycle, I'm tempted to say we just need to throw money at it for a while. Pay people who really get math to teach it. Pay them enough to draw them away from whatever industry would pay them to do. Pay for them to be trained to teach well. Or maybe require more stringent testing to become an elementary school teacher in the first place. If this means too few eligible candidates, pay more. It seems like a no brainer use of tax dollars. I'm appalled that it's so acceptable to let people who don't understand a thing teach it. Maybe it just comes down to "pay teachers more."