This topic takes us into should teachers be rewarded for their results.
The best teachers tend to go to the best schools. Those are often in the suburbs.
Meanwhile teaching in the inner city where students need is greatest seems unpopular. Only the dedicated are willing to risk crime driving into the inner city.
They are forever telling us test scores correlate with zipcode. The poor have many social problems that interfere with quality education. They also tend to have weaker schools when schools are funded by property tax.
We need our best teachers at these inner city schools. Perhaps they should get hazardous duty pay. But also a generous allocation of resources to keep schools safe. Security. Mental health professionals to help.
We know many routes out of poverty are available to those who stay in and get a high school diploma. Its worth our while to make that happen more often. Poverty leads to a life on welfare using up social services or in prison. Much better to get them into the middle class. Education is one of the best opportunities.