Although this article is long I (Clare) found it incredibly interesting yet sad. When is the public going to “wake up” and realize the value teachers?
To: Nancy Gibbs, Time Editor
From: Thomas L. Good,
Professor Emeritus
College of Education
University of Arizona
1936 E Fifth Street
Tucson, AZ 85719
520-884-4298
TEACHERS MATTER
The November 3 issue of Time magazine includes a sensational cover, an editorial statement and a feature story that systematically question the value of American teachers who often work in less favorable conditions than their international peers. The fifty million readers/viewers of Time will see the cover and millions of others will also view it at various airport newsstands. However, considerably fewer will read the editor’s comments and yet substantially fewer will read the article. So the take- away message for the vast majority of citizens from this issue of Time magazine is that poor teachers are rampant in America and that they are harmful to our children, economy, and future.
Consider the front page cover that brazenly and in bold print decries…
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