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Article suggests gender quotas and scholarships. Has anyone considered treating, and paying, teachers like the vital professionals they are?

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 15 points 3 weeks ago

A properly designed quota (mandatory minimum ratio, mandatory minimum qualifications, meaningful penalties, etc) should in theory drive up pay and treatment (increase pay to lure them in, improve treatment to prevent them walking).

But that is pretty unlikely to happen.