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		| Originally posted by Hank Chinaski My kids have had rather good teachers paid whatever they're paid. The problem with public schools are in the schools that suck. Do you think they pay teachers less and that explains why some schools fail kids?
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 Right.  The correlation between "good school results" and $$/child is not all that high.  The most direct correlation comes with "good school results" and "percentage of kids living in two-parent homes".