Isn’t it special how teachers take turns giving each other “teacher of the year” awards?
“Professionals get what they deserve to be paid – good doctors make more money than mediocre ones and good lawyers command greater fees than average ones. As professionals, why shouldn’t teachers be treated like doctors and lawyers”
Because many of the teachers are incredibly mediocre and ineffective in their job. Without the union support they would be fired.
DISBAND ALL PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS
It is the equivalent of The government negotiating with itself, to give itself raises.
That is unions for ya. No matter how good you are at something only seniority counts. If you know someone and kick back some of the raise then you can move ahead. Better is a no show union job.
However administrators will get big raises as will tenured incompetent teachers. Teachers unions assure poor quality education.