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Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.

If we freed up all the money in the certification process, think about how much more money we'd have to put into teacher salaries.

You cannot simply put more money into the same system and get better results, so we will need to reform and innovate in the delivery of education.

It is vital that teachers can be paid more without having to leave the classroom. This will be particularly important to schools in the most disadvantaged areas as it will empower them to attract and recruit the best teachers.

Instead of unfairly demonizing teachers, we should be working with them to find solutions to the problems in our schools and make sure every child gets an outstanding public education.

I don't think the schools are getting as much money as they should.

Every dollar spent on education should go toward helping our teachers teach and our students learn.

Teachers need to be paid like professionals.

I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.

I think we spend too much on K-12 education a.k.a. teachers' salaries. It's the only industry where you never see any productivity increases.