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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by rebootthesystem on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @12:35PM (#10227846)
> More funding will attract more teachers, creating a stronger candidate pool

Without the ability to get rid of bad teachers as quickly and easily as one can fire bad engineers in the private sector money isn't going to fix a damn thing. It might even make it worst.

Fix that part first.

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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by panzagl on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @02:12PM (#10228602)
In Colorado teachers can be fired at the drop of a hat (or, more likely, not be asked to come back next year). I can assure you this hasn't kept the state off of the bottom of the academic performance lists.
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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by rebootthesystem on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @04:56PM (#10229800)
You are right. The problem is far more complex.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10229785

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