[panic]

To fix education, our first priority should be to empower teachers. They're the ones who care the most about kids' learning and know the best how to make it happen. Teaching shouldn't be a low-paying, low-status profession. I'm not sure how you could change that with a YC startup.

[clarkmoody]

Why not empower the people who pay for the product? The consumer? (students / parents)

> They're the ones who care the most about kids' learning

Sad that some parents care less than their teachers, but that's probably the root of 75% of education problems.

[panic]

For the same reason patients aren't empowered to make their own medical diagnoses. Trained teachers can be much more effective than untrained parents.