Salary schedules - what's fair?

I really enjoyed our conversation earlier in the morning about what is fair in regards to salary schedules. I am firm believer that additional education should constitute more money rather than simply more experience. I know this is a skewed point of view since I have not been around very long as an educator, but this point of view really comes from this simple fact. We as teachers are supposed to be models of life long learners. I just do not understand how a teacher can display this with out some type of continual professional development. Challenging ourselves through graduate course work makes us grow. I know with every single weekend class I have ever had I have left with ideas from individuals from other districts to bring back to my classroom. I think the most foolish thing an educator can do is decide that they "know" everything they need to know, and no other education is necessary. There is always room for growth!