[JaimeThompson]

>If the parents actually get more productive they can afford paying

That assumes that the gains in productivity are passed unto the parents in the form of increased income, do you have any data that shows this to be the case?

[rightbyte]

No. I believe in the last 20-30 years there has been a reallocation of wealth from wage workers to former house owners and stock owners.

But some of the parents gotta be either shareholders or cashed out houseowners?

I just moved from a city where teacher pay has gotten on par with engineers. The only thing needed was outlawing hiring unqualified teachers. Suddenly there was money for teacher salaries.

It didn't solve the housing question for other sectors though ...

[throwaway426079]

Were there any requirements at all to get hired as a teacher before that change?