Agreed

"Raising teacher salaries isn't really about rewarding teachers. It's about whether your kids and grandkids will learn from top educators, every year in every classroom."

Because I make a decent amount of money for a single person I don't feel the crunch, however I think this is the most important fact of the salary debate. One main reason the schools are failing are the lack of good, solid teachers - teachers that fully grasp content and are academic by nature. No mathematical genius is going to teach when they can triple the salary in any other job. Educating our children needs to be given the same weight as any businesss or corporate venture.