In schools, cameras would give administrators a window into how well an educator teaches, highlighting both effective and ineffective techniques. The cameras would also have a major effect on student behavior.

Employing a value-added approach for teachers, pay-for-performance, and classroom cameras would lead to better-educated, less disruptive students.

Perhaps the most important way to improve students’ educational experience is to elevate the teaching profession. However, where teachers’ unions hold sway, that task is extremely difficult.