Comments on: Inspiring the Next Generation of Teachers

This seems to be a theme of many conversations I've had this month. I love teaching and yet I'm nervous to tell students to pursue this field for the very reasons presented in this post and subse...

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Great post Jan. I agree that things are tough in our field right now. I fight the urge to jump ship and go back to using my business degree. I try to focus on what the "fix" could be, but have a ...

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In reply to Mark Gardner. What if we encouraged these individuals to become legislators? The po...

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Jan, I hope that young man does teach someday, and that our system is on a better track by then. I had just drafted a piece to post here as well about how I was biting my tongue to not discourage...

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I teach fifth graders. I hope and pray some of these issues are greatly improved by the time my students grow up so the next generation of great teachers can arise. Otherwise I picture a bleak la...

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Things do need to change at the state level before we can make education programs more competitive and salaries more commensurate with the high degree of skill required to teach well. As it is we...

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I come from a lineage of teachers, but in truth, my mother dissuaded me from going into education. She poured her soul into her profession and her students, but was despondent over the politics b...

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