Lowering standards for teachers is "unfortunate," Education secretary

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Originally Posted by Racehorse

You are both correct. Here in Tennessee, the more rural areas cannot afford what the metro areas can, so there is a huge salary discrepancy. However, the smaller rural areas do pack their administration with so many people and leaving the classrooms to struggle. Here, we have a school of between 1000 and 1500 kids. We have four guidance counselors, five principals and two instructional coaches. On top of that, we have several supervisors in the Central Office that bring nothing of substance to the classroom. Our county has two high schools, with county elementary and city elementary schools feeding into both. Both city systems have their own central office staff. You could say the county schools are wasting well over $1M in central office salaries and benefits. Do you think the schools would be able to pay teachers better if this were spread out amongst the teachers?

Absolutely agree.

The crazy part of public schools is how they pay administrators. The further up the position and pay scale, the farther they get from the students. Hire a business manager to run the school corp, watch the money, and keep education decisions to the educators. Principals should be in classrooms every day, at extra curricular and after school practices. They get bogged down bs paper work that some one with a business degree could handle.