PREFACE

No, K-12 public school teachers are not stupid. However, the teaching profession is riddled with ineptness, stupidity, racism, sexism, and obsolesce.

Perhaps, your first reaction comes in the form of a question, "Are you serious?" Relax, the title of this editorial intentionally functions as a catchy or controversial title just to get your attention. That should be rather obvious. Now that I've got your attention, prepare to read a down and dirty linear assessment that validates - in significant detail - why some people perceive many K-12 public school teachers either underperform or are overvalued and, frankly, it has very little to do with student scores.

Like any other bureaucracy, the individual teacher is not actually in a position to use their intellect to truly advance their personal situation or the cause of education. More importantly, as a group of professionals engaged in a formalized work activity, this is where teachers underperform or are overvalued. As a group of organized professionals (local bargaining associations, unions, NEA, AFT, etc.) teachers or administrators (who themselves are former teachers) continue to attract, retain and reward teachers through blatantly equitable and poorly designed pay structures that pay too much for too little, and pay for absolutely the wrong things.

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