Poll: Most Want Easier Way to Fire Bad Teachers

ATLANTA  – An overwhelming majority of Americans are frustrated that it’s too difficult to get rid of bad teachers.

And most Americans believe that teachers aren’t paid enough.

Those are the results of an Associated Press-Stanford University poll that found 78 percent think it should be easier for school administrators to fire poorly performing teachers.

Yet overall, the public wants to reward teachers. More than half of people say teachers are paid too little. Just 7 percent believe they are overpaid.

More than 70 percent also say it should be easier to fire principals at schools whose students are performing poorly.