Wonder how long (if ever) it will take them to realize the importance of teachers. Education is going, increasingly, to the business model--get the most bang for the buck, work your employees till they burn out. The only problem (& pardon me if I sound melodramatic) is that the product, in this case, is the future of our world. Sorry to rant, but I've built up quite a bit of bitterness in the past few years. Most of the teachers I know are doing the best they know how, but an ever-increasing percentage of students are not willing/able to meet us part-way. Even so, all the accountability is on the teachers, not on parents or students.

Barbara