How does one encourage respect for authority?

In an article on the recruitment of foreign teachers to serve in U.S. schools there was the following interesting comment:

He acknowledges that there can be clashes over teachers' accents and cultural differences. Filipino teachers, for example, come from a culture where teachers are revered, he says. "When they come here, they have to learn about our culture and the urban culture and the culture of poverty and the challenges our children have," he says.

Ah yes... a teacher from the Philippines would know nothing about "challenges" or a "culture of poverty". After all, the average income in the Philippines is a whopping 1/30th of the average income in the U.S.