Improve in student performance with increase in teachers' salaries?

Would you say that increasing teacher's salaries and would help improve student achievement? Maybe this has been tried and measured somewhere in the world? Has anyone heard of studies or programmes in this direction?

I wonder what would be the effect of a very significant increase in salaries on the quality of the teaching. Would it attract better teachers to the profession that otherwise go to educate and work on higher paying jobs? Let's say theres a way to fund an increase of at least 20-25%, around $10,000 on average. Do you think that would have an impact on students' results?

I read about this initiative by the Gates Foundation and three public school districts that spent $575 million over several years to try to improve student achievement by evaluating who are the best teachers with the students' test scores. The project failed, for reasons not fully clear although this comment by u/fishbulb- points to a possible cause.

In any case, that project makes me think that the needed amount of money for the right programme can be made available. $100 million annually would cover the salary increase for 10,000 teacher positions, it could reach over many many school districts at the same time as a proof of concept.

Submitted June 19, 2019 at 02:56AM by herUltravioletEyes http://bit.ly/2x2qh7Z