Education funding can be used to attract and retain high-quality teachers, provide them with better training and resources, and create a more supportive learning environment.

While providing teachers with higher salaries, offering more professional development opportunities, and reducing class sizes are all ways to improve teacher quality, providing teachers with more autonomy is not.

Research has shown that teacher quality is one of the most important factors in student achievement.

Education funding can be used to provide teachers with higher salaries, better benefits, and more supportive working conditions, all of which can help to retain teachers.

While providing teachers with more resources, reducing class sizes, and increasing teacher autonomy are all ways to improve teacher working conditions, mandating longer working hours is not.

Research has shown that teacher working conditions are an important factor in teacher quality.

Education funding can be used to make teaching more attractive to potential teachers, such as by offering higher salaries, better benefits, and more supportive working conditions.

While providing teachers with more resources, reducing class sizes, and increasing teacher autonomy are all ways to make teaching more attractive to potential teachers, lowering teacher salaries is not.

Research has shown that teacher recruitment is an important factor in teacher quality.

Education funding can be used to recruit and retain teachers from diverse backgrounds, such as by offering scholarships and loan forgiveness programs.

While providing scholarships and loan forgiveness programs, offering mentoring and support programs, and creating a more inclusive school climate are all ways to recruit and retain teachers from diverse backgrounds, mandating that schools hire a certain number of teachers from diverse backgrounds is not.

Research has shown that teacher diversity is an important factor in student achievement.

Education funding can be used to provide teachers with higher salaries, better benefits, and more supportive working conditions, all of which can help to boost teacher morale.

While providing teachers with more resources, reducing class sizes, and increasing teacher autonomy are all ways to improve teacher morale, micromanaging teachers is not.

Research has shown that teacher morale is an important factor in teacher quality.