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by PAM
“What I hadn’t realized was that setting a high bar at the beginning of the profession sends a signal to everyone else that you are serious about education and teaching is hard. When you do that, it makes it easier to make the case for paying teachers more, for giving them more autonomy in the classroom. And for kids to buy into the premise of education, it helps if they can tell that the teachers themselves are extremely well educated.”
- Amanda Ripley
from the article, 'An Industry of Mediocrity'
by Bill Keller
NY Times, October 20, 2013
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