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The market has plenty of evidence that better education leads to significant economic benefit[0]. Specifically, high quality education, which requires highly tr
by teucris 4y ago
The market has plenty of evidence that better education leads to significant economic benefit[0]. Specifically, high quality education, which requires highly trained teachers, leads to higher economic growth (0.63 percentage points per half of a standard deviation of test scores, normalized against other factors)
0: https://www.educationnext.org/education-and-economic-growth/ https://www.educationnext.org/education-and-economic-growth/
- bluedino 4y agoIf it was easy enough to create better education by simply paying teachers more, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
- teucris 4y agoSurprisingly, there’s evidence that paying teachers more does lead to better teachers. It makes the jobs more competitive, causing an increase in the qualifications and expertise needed to land a job.