Pay them more money -- but pay them a lot more respect.
A survey, by Scholastic, Inc. and the Council of Chief State School
Officers,
asked 400 winners of national and state Teacher of the Year awards for
solutions to America's growing teacher shortage -- the worst since the
baby-boom years after World War II. According to the U.S. Department of
Education, more than 2 million new school teachers will be needed by 2002.
Eight out of 10 survey respondents cited the need for more competitive pay
and better benefits. But an equal number wrote -- many at length, filling
the
margins and backs of their survey forms -- about the need for greater
respect, from school administrators, legislators and society at large.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/05/08/teacher.report/
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