I'd certainly like to think a few of my teachers who were not now retired might fit in with that exceptional 10%. Even a few left leaning teachers I had back then. My HS journalism teacher for instance was a huge proponent of free speech (and not just freedom of the press) and tried to instill a sense of duty in trying to maintain journalistic accuracy and integrity. He loved the constitution, especially the bill of rights. Was not a fan of Communism, but also wasn't a fan of the US' handling of wars like Vietnam. And was also very much against the Patriot Act.
I've often wondered how he handled this bumpy ride over the last few years. I honestly don't think he would've compromised his principles, but man I don't know how he would've been able to process or deal with all of this without nearly losing his mind.
The problem with basing pay on literacy and math rates is that you're basically paying the teachers based on how shitty their school's demographics are. Unless the goal is to just drastically cut wasteful spending by not pouring money into trying to educate sub-humans, which I guess makes sense.
The typical flowery and meaningless NPC response, essentially.
Pretty much agreed.
I'd certainly like to think a few of my teachers who were not now retired might fit in with that exceptional 10%. Even a few left leaning teachers I had back then. My HS journalism teacher for instance was a huge proponent of free speech (and not just freedom of the press) and tried to instill a sense of duty in trying to maintain journalistic accuracy and integrity. He loved the constitution, especially the bill of rights. Was not a fan of Communism, but also wasn't a fan of the US' handling of wars like Vietnam. And was also very much against the Patriot Act.
I've often wondered how he handled this bumpy ride over the last few years. I honestly don't think he would've compromised his principles, but man I don't know how he would've been able to process or deal with all of this without nearly losing his mind.
The problem with basing pay on literacy and math rates is that you're basically paying the teachers based on how shitty their school's demographics are. Unless the goal is to just drastically cut wasteful spending by not pouring money into trying to educate sub-humans, which I guess makes sense.
I absolutely disagree. There's only so much you can do to improve the rates when your students are averaging an IQ of 70.