[pbuzbee]

Thus continues the downward spiral. If you remove the college degree requirement, you can lower the salary even further for teachers. Combined with Arizona's move towards school vouchers, it's hard to see a positive future for their public education system.

[drewcoo]

For the teachers, that seems like a win. Lower salary but lack of crippling debt.

When I was in college, the folks bound for teaching k-12 math were in the lower half of the math classes I took. Ditto history. From talking with people, I assume that was generally the case with a few exceptions like the arts or coaching.

Does a k-12 curriculum require a college degree anyway?

[tzs]

> For the teachers, that seems like a win. Lower salary but lack of crippling debt.

What crippling debt? You can get a BA degree in Elementary Education that will be accepted by all 50 states in the US for under $20k [1]. (You can cut that almost in half if you can handle a heavy course load).

[1] https://www.wgu.edu/online-teaching-degrees/elementary-educa...