it's not clear to me that the current set of teachers aren't good enough. in my state, the qualifications and pay for a private school teacher are actually lowe

it's not clear to me that the current set of teachers aren't good enough. in my state, the qualifications and pay for a private school teacher are actually lower. I suspect marginal increases in teacher quality just don't matter that much when you make them teach classes of 30+ students. it seems to me that allocating funds to hire more teachers at the same pay would be more effective than just paying more for the same job.