Question 6 chapter 2 Nick Terlizzi

In the second chapter of Naked Economics a passage that stuck out to me was american education systems and how teachers are payed. I think the idea that school districts or teachers don't get payed based on productivity doesn't logically make sense. Why should a teacher who has lower teaching capabilities or skills get payed as much as someone who does? In my old school district, districts actually were funded based on productivity. Each public school in the state took a tests called the MCA. These tests measured the intelligence of each school and how much a student was learning at their school. This gave the state an idea of who they should be funding due to the schools productivity on enhancing and improving the quality of education the students are receiving therefore gaining more intelligence. Overall the standardized pay for teachers around America is leading skilled teachers to switch job fields because they feel they aren't receiving what they deserve while unskilled teachers think opposite and stay at the position. Lastly personal incentives lead to educational systems suffering.