[JackFr]

Do you believe that the current cohort of teachers would better serve our students if they received more respect?

Or do you believe that if the profession were more respected, it would attract a better, more qualified class of teacher, who could then better educate the students?

[jelkand]

I speak for myself, not the original comment, but more the latter than the former. I think of it this way: "What needs to change to make teaching children and young adults appealing compared to going into industry?"

And, to be clear, I think teachers are generally qualified. Math just represents a very acute failure mode of our education system.