Dear Georgia Public School Teachers: It is new school year but, alas, the same old impediments: An out-of-touch federal bureaucracy; ideological state legislators who choose not to send their kids to public schools but intend to tell you how and what to teach, and a society that values reality television more than quality education. Sometimes I wonder how you manage. There … [Read more...] about August 4, 2014: A Fresh Reminder Of Why Teaching Is A Noble Profession
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May 21, 2012: An Open Letter To Georgia’s Public School Teachers
I write to applaud you for having made it through another year in Georgia’s public schools. Good for you. Frankly, I wonder sometimes why you do what you do and then I remember that you are changing young lives for the better. Not many of us can make that claim. Your rewards for your efforts are unpaid furlough days, larger class sizes, no pay increases (but increased … [Read more...] about May 21, 2012: An Open Letter To Georgia’s Public School Teachers
Jun. 1, 2009: An Open Letter To Georgia’s Public School Teachers
AN OPEN LETTER TO GEORGIA’S PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS Congratulations on completing – no, make that “surviving” – another year in Georgia’s public schools. As some of you know, I have a son and a son-in-law who are high school science teachers. I don’t know why they – and you – do it. On second thought, I do know why. My family schoolteachers tell me of students and former … [Read more...] about Jun. 1, 2009: An Open Letter To Georgia’s Public School Teachers