By: Adam Ozimek

Adam Ozimek — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:45:54 +0000

I would hope that higher demand would spur higher wages, which would increase supply. But given the way wages are set, you might be right that shortages would occur. However, new teachers start at lower salaries, and bad teachers are probably evenly distributed by age, so getting rid of relatively expensive bad teachers and replacing them with cheaper new would probably free up the budget to raise starting salaries and fix the shortage.

By: teageegeepea

teageegeepea — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:44:45 +0000

Are there enough potential replacements out there for the teachers that will be removed? I recall reading that education majors have some of the lowest standardized test scores, though above those in education administration. Steve Sailer wonders about what to do with students who can't meet standards.

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