Post Tagged with: "The Teacher Salary Project"

Education advocate Barnett Berry swears: “Teachers need to transform teachers.” In order to do so, we must first transform our opinion of teachers which has devolved to the point that teachers now serve as under-paid, under-appreciated baby-sitters despite the fact that many deserve battle pay… and credit for saving lives. Yes, like firemen and police and doctors, teachers save lives, daily; [...]

Season 3, Episode 5: Raising the bar for… Teachers Nínive Calegari is a veteran teacher with almost ten years’ experience in the classroom, including experience in both charter schools and large comprehensive high schools. She is the cofounder and former executive director of 826 Valencia, and most recently served as the CEO of 826 National, a literacy nonprofit that galvanizes [...]

It’s not just the late Whitney Houston who believes the children are our future, politicians have always been quick to pawn off today’s challenges to younger generations. Yet if we are going to rely on our offspring to solve all of our problems, wouldn’t it make sense to ensure they get better educations now? Wouldn’t it be prudent to invest [...]