Chicago teachers asking for 30% raises over next 2 years

[lowtech redneck]

And why is public school teachers being in the 69.7th percentile or higher at all wrong, considering the importance of what they do?

Because tax-payers are providing their salary and municipalities are going bankrupt; the point is to maximize results per dollars spent, not validate the role of teachers.

[lowtech redneck]

Validating the role of teachers is itself a desirable result.

That's a fair point, but not at the expense of fiscal responability....they (not to be confused with the unions) can be validated in other ways, just like the military.