Areas Quote by Michael Gove

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

— Jeb Bush

Most of teachers have but one object, viz. to draw their salary. I do not think that a teacher should have no salary. But…

— Sarah Winnemucca

Teacher compensation isn't the only factor in cultivating great teaching. Other important priorities include changing how we measure student performance, providing more flexibility to…

— Michael Bennet

“In some circumstances, a focus on extrinsic rewards (money) can actually diminish effort. Most (or at least many) teachers enter their profession not because…

— Joseph E. Stiglitz

Teachers need to be paid like professionals.

— Geoffrey Canada

Though monetary compensation may never add up, teachers can rest assured that they are important.

— Monica Johnson

In many places, classrooms are overcrowded and curricula are outdated. Most of our qualified teachers are underpaid, and many of our paid teachers are…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I mean, look, teachers don't do their job for the money, obviously, because we pay them ridiculously little amounts for what they put in.…

— Phil McGraw

To encourage more top-caliber students to choose teaching, teachers should be paid a lot more, with starting salaries more in the range of $60,000…

— Arne Duncan

There is nothing more valuable than great classroom instruction. But let's stop putting the whole burden on teachers. We also need better parents. Better…

— Thomas Friedman

We can not wait until we have enough trained people willing to work at a teacher's salary and under conditions imposed upon teachers in…

— Major Owens

When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't…

— Charles Kuralt