response 27 of 29:

Dec 11 19:52 UTC 2003

Remember, public school teachers are paid from public school budgets,
which are set by elected officials....  who keep cutting them to pay off
their special interests.  In traditional supply and demand economics,
when demand goes up, the amount of money that is (potentially) available
goes up.  That doesn't happen here.  
  Or maybe demand hasn't gone up enough yet.  Maybe in order for demand
to really affect the supply of money available for paying teachers,
educational conditions will have to get so bad that voters will force
politicians to actually pay attention to education.