When my kids were growing up, I wanted their teachers to teach them science, reading, math and history. I also wanted them to care about my kids. But I did not want my children's public school teachers teaching them religion. That was my job as a parent and the job of our church, Sunday school, and youth group.
I'm convinced many of America's heroes are public school teachers and administrators. Many of these people do what they do because of their faith.
We run courses for government school teachers on Sundays. These teachers pay for their own food and stay; the kind of commitment you find in these people is remarkable.
We need to make sure we have in every school teachers trained and qualified to make sure every child, including children with different learning styles, succeed.
My dad worked for a generator company and then UC Berkeley, and my mom was as a dental hygienist and then eventually a history teacher. My uncles and aunts, all of them are elementary school teachers or scientists.
Within a single school, teachers often encounter differences in poverty levels, parent involvement, and student readiness.
Public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on DonorsChoose.org. Requests range from pencils for a poetry writing unit to violins for a school recital to microscope slides for a biology class.
Well, just as in the quality of public schools, there is massive disparity and the compensation given to the public school teachers.
We evaluate all business decisions based on how we can best serve public school teachers and their students.