Educators, parents, students….all Americans who believe that public schools create our future, help me make this go viral to honor dedicated educators everywhere. @NEAToday @NicholasFerroni @NPEaction @AliVelshi @morningmika
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1. More teachers are leaving teaching now than ever before because society has shown how little they value teachers.
2. Less students are majoring in education because of #1.
3. There are not enough substitutes to fill the positions because of #1 and #2.
I wish states would suspend formal evals this year and let admin focus on the following eval:
How are you doing?
Are you taking care of yourself?
How is your family?
How can I best support you right now?
I have a message for all the little girls and boys out there who dream of growing up to be superheroes: Superheroes walk among us.
They’re teachers, doctors, scientists, vaccine researchers—and you can grow up to be like them too.
It’s not selfish for educators to bring up concerns about exposure to COVID-19. It’s not even self-care. It’s basic self-preservation. And that’s often motivated by the human desire to be alive for our loved ones. Saying, “I want to live” shouldn’t be a controversial stance.