[RunItUpTheGut]

I’m just afraid the kids are going to pay for it in the long run

No doubt!
That is why it was essential for Bevin to make charter schools a reality in this state. If done correctly, that will completely change the educational system in this state. Govt funded but independently ran.
Kentucky educators tried so hard to be like others, they've forgotten who they are. There is absoloutly no reason for a high school teacher to need a master's degree. Just get a bachelor's in the field of study you want to teach and be done with it. The only thing a master's should be for is the principalship. All a master's degree does for teachers is raise the student debt crisis. And I can guarantee you 99 percent of teachers don't absorb any information they obtain from that extra coursework. You're trying to tell people how to do their jobs after they've already been on the job for years.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure I can go across the border into Tennessee and get a teaching job tomorrow with my bachelor's that has nothing to do with teaching.