If Thankful for Teachers, Return Trust to Them

Reblogged fron NANCY BAILEY’S EDUCATION WEBSITE

How much trust do parents place in their child’s teacher? Maybe more than you think.

The BATS were celebrating Thanksgiving this week with Thank You tweets about teachers and other school personnel. As a nation, I hope we can return to the time when we trusted teachers to be the good and decent professionals they are and quit trying to replace them with computers and/or temporary novices.

I am thinking about this today as I start gearing up for Thanksgiving…

…Teaching used to be one of the most trusted professions in the country! Children grew up wanting to be teachers and the role was valued immensely. Read more>>