@MrMarvelTeacher@SecCardona@AJteaches Yes! I have books from the 1980s in my classroom. My students cannot relate to the stories because they are so dated. I cannot buy books because I have loans.
We need to do better.
This is a topic not discussed enough. We have students who are often hungry and we can’t expect to make educational gains if they are too worried about when their next meal is.
The trauma of growing up in poverty or just barely having enough to get by is something we really need to start talking more about. The chronic stress of those childhood experiences lives in the body.
In the last 25 years, wages for college graduates have risen 28%. Wages for teachers during the same period, only 2%.
We’re calling on states and districts to increase teacher pay. It’s time our teachers saw the support and pay they deserve.
Livable wage = Respect.
@EDUwithEmily Assuming it’s not grades then you need to find out their “why”. For kids with behaviors, that may just be rewards. We might not like the idea of them, but the kids need a why.