I Want to be a Teacher Now... $125,000 a Year

Education is extremely important to development and most industrial countries and several emerging market countries are out performing US students in math and science. Is boosting teacher salaries and streamlining the staffing process a good way to get test scores up and America’s education system back on track? A charter school in New York is conducting an experiment, paying teachers $125,000 a year but cutting support and consulting positions to compensate for the high annual salary. In a few years, it will be interesting to see the results.