🚀 go-pugleaf

>>administrators should not be paid triple or quadruple what the
>>classroom teachers get paid.

>In my more revolutionary moods I think that we (yes, you, me and
>the rest of the public) should fire all the administrators unequivocally.  But
>then a calmer mood will overtake me and I'll decide that giving every school
>district in the nation three years to scale administration salaries down to
>equal pay with the teachers would perhaps suffice.  Rod Hauser

Consider another way to establish parity between administrators and
teachers.  Most administrative certificates require a teaching
certificate.  Make the administrators use these certificates by teaching
one hour each day in their district.  This would ensure that
principals/asst. principals/superintendents maintained some contact with
the students and teachers.  It would also force district level
administrators to have offices somewhere near a district school.  Finally,
it would also reward with higher salaries those people who are both good
teachers and good administrators; rather than providing positions which
are sometimes used to "escape" teaching. 

I realize that some administrators for transportation, maintenance, food
service, or business might have to be exempted, but I think the general
idea is still valid.