The SparkNotes of this post: join a union.

That’s terrific! If you want quality teachers, you provide them quality pay. Any group of people who are able to successfully bargain a good contract that benefits both educators and children is something to celebrate. Must be why NY always scores in the top 10 for best public education systems.

Technically, by that faulty logic you’d be against private sector unions, as well as individuals who try to bargain contracts with their employer. Technically, I, and other Apple product consumers pay the salaries and wages of Apple employees, not Tim Cook .

States with strong teachers unions generally have the best public school systems. The only Right-to-Work states that compete with heavily unionized states are TX and FL, although both states have strong teachers union membership. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/04/wallethub-education-rankings_n_5648067.html ; htt…