Word: attracting
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There are three main reasons behind this conscious omission. First, most people don't believe that raising teachers' salaries would attract better teachers. The adage "those who can, do; those who can't, teach" has been too firmly ingrained upon the public consciousness. The sentiment has developed that those who choose to teach do so only because they could not get a better job. Current teachers fear raising salaries to attract talent would imply that they are somehow inferior and deserve to be replaced...
...aspiring public school teacher, I know firsthand that raising teachers' salaries will attract better teachers, that teachers work just as much or more than professionals who are paid much more, and that raising teachers' salaries only requires the redirection of funds already earmarked for education to those areas that will cause the greatest improvements in public school education...
...years be the best teachers possible, as they will likely be educating our children for years to come. Teachers and their organizations should reaffirm their support of higher teacher salaries. Our children deserve the best public schools possible, and the most effective way to provide them is to attract the best teachers possible by raising teachers' salaries. April R. Gleason is a first-year in Holworthy Hall...
Students studying for exams often hole up at JFK Street, while Church Street tends to attract more teaching fellows...
Students studying for exams often hole up at JFK Street, while Church Street tends to attract more teaching fellows...