[TChris]

... this is, in fact, how many other professions operate. You can start and stay at $X dollars, or, you can take it upon yourself to earn more.

That, plus the fact that you can be fired in most other professions. Tenure is the other demon in our current public education system.

[summer]

RE your post #88 -- Well, teachers who have tenure do not get fired. But not every teacher has tenure either because they moved and don't have enough years in a district or they teach in private schools or whatever. Sometimes teachers get let go because of budget cuts if they are not tenured. What I think would be refreshing is to see some useless administrators get canned once in awhile.