Wow, I just checked out the Eugene School District's website and elementary school teachers top out at $66,450.96 per year, doubled, that's still $7K below you $140K above.  I doubt the two of them were making over $100K a year 30 years ago.  Nice try.

If you want a well educated society in the US, then you need to pay for education.  Paying below market salaries is not going to attract well educated individuals into teaching.  Those who chose to make teaching a career are making financial sacrifices in order to teach our children.  

Yes, some teachers should not be teachers, but they really are the exception rather than the rule.  The same could be said in any workforce; some doctors, lawyers, administrators, police officers, firefighters/EMTs, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, etc., are not very good in their chosen field, but they, too, are usually the exception to the rule.

I don't understand why teachers are expected to accept near poverty wages for the work required of them.