We can hire retired teachers back without penalty to their retirement. We can lower standards for certification. We can hope for enough missionaries to fill the gaps. Or we can do the things needed to make teaching an attractive profession to enter and to stay. Respect has many components to it.
Pay is certainly one of the most important.
In addition, polls show the public supports a teacher pay raise. As the governor has said, it is simply market economics. Teachers are a hot commodity. We must treasure our teachers, and the value of what we do. Respect is also demonstrated in the way teachers are treated both on the job, and by the public, emphasizes Noble.