Click on the last link in the article I posted and tell me whether teachers are worth $100K. Firemen and policemen risk their lives so that ought to be worth something. If garbage men did their jobs as well as teachers do, there would be pestilence sweeping NYC so they deserve what they get too (especially those who work the dangersous neighborhoods). Sorry, there is documented proof everywhere you look that teachers aren't doing their jobs and are not worth the salaries they are being paid. Go ahead - click on that last link, read it and weep.
I'm not going to waste my time with it. I am very familiar with what a teacher makes in my state and I am very familiar with what a professional makes in our state. On average, I think teachers are fairly compensated. The bad are overcompensated and the good are undercompensated.
Blaming teachers for poor classroom results is foolish. Our biggest teachers, parents, are failing. Of course, when 50% are born out of wedlock and single moms are supposed to make a living and be both parents it isn't really a surprise, is it?