Thoughts on homeschooling?

[A Theist]

OH NOES! Paying teachers is eating up your districts educational budget! LOL, I wish every district had this "problem".

Should we adjust the salary of doctors or engineers to adjust for the local average A Theist, is there something inherently wrong when either of these professionals earn wages much higher than the local average (if not then why does it bear mention in the case of teachers)? Let's not forget that you actually have to spend some time in college to be a teacher, if we want people to become educators when they could just as easily get a degree in the business, engineering, or medical fields we have to make the compensation competitive (which it is not btw). That -some- private educators make less than public educators isn't surprising bud, a private school is business. That business is most likely -not- in the business of making it's employees money.......

(teachers unions can be a pain in the ass for alot of reasons, so I'm told (by teachers, no less), but trying to get teachers paid - probably not the best example.)

Yes. There is something inherently wrong when school districts are stuggling financially and teachers unions refuse to step up and help out by making necessary concessions in their contracts. That's why we have movements in states like Wisconsin to reign in the high costs of maitaining public sector unions.
As far as doctors and engineers, (private sector jobs), I can always find another doctor who's fees are more competitive. But as far as public sector teachers, taxpayers are stuck unless there's a move to reign in their high costs.