I'd be OK with raising the minimum salary for public school teachers a LOT more, BUT ONLY for teachers who graduate in the top 10% of their high-school class an

I'd be OK with raising the minimum salary for public school teachers a LOT more, BUT ONLY for teachers who graduate in the top 10% of their high-school class and in the top 10% of their college class -- like in Finland, which has one of the world's best public school systems. It makes sense that if public schools hire teachers only from the most academically competent population in a country, and pay them well, those individuals will figure out how to improve the quality of public education. Some years ago I recall seeing a study by McKinsey which found that a majority of public school teachers in the US came from the bottom of their high-school class and the bottom of their college class.[a] Quite literally the opposite of Finland. -- [a] I found the study. Here it is: https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/industries/public%20and%20social%20sector/our%20insights/closing%20the%20teaching%20talent%20gap/closing-the-teaching-talent-gap.pdf https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/industries/public%...