Re:paying based on seniority encourages laziness (Score 1)

There's a lot to a lot of those opinions. I notice you don't try to refute any of them, only label them. And #11 - that "an advanced math/science degree isn't sufficient to teach" doesn't take into account teaching ESL or Special Ed? So what? You want a non-"opinion"? Income incentive based on performance rewards and attracts those who can perform, and encourages more work and performance from those already employed. Income incentive based only on length of time results in more ineffective teachers staying the longer at higher cost. Period. Here's some more "opinion". That elementary and high-school teachers get "tenure" which effectively makes firing them for non-performance is astonishing. That school districts can't competitively recruit a teacher of an in-demand subject requiring more (and/or better) education is ridiculous. That parents can't direct their tax dollars to whatever public (or, IMO, private) school will accept it is backwards. You also complained that the previous poster said that it's become "all about the teachers' unions" - but it has. The AFT and NEA, pretending to have education improvement as a goal, fight against performance bonuses/pay raises tooth-and-nail, while embracing smaller class sizes which guarantee more teacher jobs. Before you castigate someone for having "libertarian" views, look at the status quo you're championing, what it's cost so far, and how effective it's been.