Teachers?

[lsanderson]

It's not that we expect all that much of teachers. Just take care of our kids for most of their waking hours, give our society the knowledge to stay competitive with the rest of the world, and submit to whatever name calling we want to indulge in today. Oh, and do it at bargain prices. On the other hand, Dave Eggers and Ninive Clements Calegari suggest that we pay teachers more and focus the blame for the problems of our education system on the people who can actually do something about it.<>When we don’t get the results we want in our military endeavors, we don’t blame the soldiers. We don’t say, “It’s these lazy soldiers and their bloated benefits plans! That’s why we haven’t done better in Afghanistan!” No, if the results aren’t there, we blame the planners. We blame the generals, the secretary of defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff. No one contemplates blaming the men and women fighting every day in the trenches for little pay and scant recognition.

And yet in education we do just that. A must read piece.

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