WHO'S TEACHING OUR KIDS? A look at America's typical public school teacher

From: Call & Post | Date: October 2, 1997 | Copyright information

WHO'S TEACHING OUR KIDS? A look at America's typical public school teacher

As children across the nation prepared for their first day of school, their parents wondered about who their new teachers would be, will their children be in good hands?

Bob Chase, president of the National Education Association (NEA), is no stranger to those first day parental jitters, having experienced them as a middle school teacher and as a parent. He gives public school teachers high marks for their skills and dedication. "Children attending public schools today are being taught by the most experienced teachers ...

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