You're arguing for higher standards for teachers, which would naturally increase the market rate compensation. I don't think thats whats happening. We can have

You're arguing for higher standards for teachers, which would naturally increase the market rate compensation. I don't think thats whats happening. We can have a discussion about increasing the minimum training for teachers to be additional years + a PhD. I'm sure this would naturally increase the quality of teaching and also increase the market rate for teachers since there are less people who are qualified. We can also discuss raising salaries if the school simply cannot find enough teachers. It doesn't make as much sense to say we should simply increase the pay of teachers if there is a huge backlog of qualified applicants. I believe SF is having a teacher shortage, so for that reason, it makes sense to increase teacher pay. But I think too often people make moralistic arguments for government pay but free market arguments for everyone else.