Opinion: Teachers - underpaid and under-appreciated
Students like me are turning away from the profession of teaching because of low pay and a lack of respect.
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Students like me are turning away from the profession of teaching because of low pay and a lack of respect.
To monitor trends in public education, RAND fields over a dozen surveys annually to teachers, principals, and superintendents. Five charts tell us the most about the state of public education right now: staff turnover; teacher well-being; guns in schools; quality of academic instruction; and politics in schools.
The percentage of students who read for pleasure has declined dramatically in recent years. One likely reason is a misguided approach to teaching literature.
An Educator Tells What it is Like to Teach in the American Public School System for over 40 Years.
Pathbreaking multimillion-dollar initiative aims to boost literacy across the country to create a nation of confident readers.