Editing Nicholas Kristof (section)

=== Education reform ===
In a 2021 ''New York Times'' essay, Kristof wrote that he favors education reform more than [[teachers' union]]s do. He suggests that unions sometimes encourage teachers to accept low wages in return for job security. Instead, Kristof advocates that teachers give up some protections in exchange for receiving much higher average starting salaries.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Kristof |first=Nicholas |date=February 26, 2021 |title=Kristof Newsletter |url=https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?abVariantId=1&campaign_id=45&emc=edit_nk_20210227&instance_id=27557&nl=nicholas-kristof&productCode=NK&regi_id=45616064&segment_id=52449&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2Fcff2474f-d46e-57b6-917e-153e07d4fc51&user_id=1a77b4fbad71f2e7ae52d97f062d4192 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kristof |first=Nicholas |date=March 12, 2011 |title=Pay Teachers More |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/opinion/13kristof.html |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>Teaching is predominantly female occupation world wide and in the US. See, for example C. Emily Feistritzer, "Profile of Teachers in the US, 2011", published on the website of the [http://www.ncei.com/about.html National Center for Educational Information.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730143756/http://www.ncei.com/about.html|date=July 30, 2012}} Teachers' unions were typically initially organized around the issue of combating discrimination against, and summary dismissal of pregnant teachers.</ref> He says that despite his disagreements with unions on some issues, "I roll my eyes" at what he calls a conservative narrative that unions are the fundamental problem in K-12 education. States with the best schools, like [[Massachusetts]], have strong teachers' unions, while those with the worst education outcomes, like [[South Carolina]], have weak or non-existent unions, he wrote.<ref name=":1" />