State law loosening requirements for teachers comes under fire

[GregariousGroundhog]

21. I suspect its less of a money thing and more of a getting treated like crap thing.

I did a quick Google search, and found the average teacher in Oklahoma gets paid about 12.2% more than the average of all professions, the national average being 11.7%. For comparison, Pennsylvania is the best, where teachers earn 28.5% more than the average of all professions and Arizona is the worst at paid 5.5% less than the average of all professions.

Their average class size seems to be about middle of the pack as well. Taking the high school level for example, Oklahoma has 23.8 students per teacher versus 29.3 in California (the worst state's ratio) and 14.7 in Vermont (the best state's ratio).

More money or smaller class sizes might help a little, but I suspect dealing with entitled parents and/or a crappy management at the principal or school board level is the bigger factor.