If Teachers Made What They Were Worth...

...good kindergarten teachers would earn $320,000 per year, according to this article from the New York Times.  While I find the statistic interesting, I don't think it's likely that pay for performance will ever get that far.  It's interesting that the article is based on an economic analysis of a group of students.  I wonder what impact later grades have.  Probably less.  So should kindergarten teachers earn more than 1st grade teachers, and so on to high school and beyond?  They say the lower the grade level the better teacher you have to be.  I think that's true.