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Recess, every child’s favorite subject, is slowly disappearing from American public schools. According to the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), over 40 percent of elementary schools have eliminated or are considering eliminating it. Administrators at these schools argue that impressionable children should be protected from overly competitive games and accidents that unstructured play can provoke. Of course, the implication, much of the time, is that the potential for lawsuits will also be minimized. While we sympathize with the pressures that have instigated this trend, we believe that it is ultimately harmful to the welfare of today?...
...young teacher with an Ivy League degree, Parris bridges two distinct worlds: one where students pay more than $41,000 to go to college and another where 45 percent of students qualify for free lunch...
Parris’ love of teaching was nurtured at Harvard, where he concentrated in physics and participated in the Undergraduate Teacher Education Program (UTEP), which allows students to study at the Graduate School of Education, complete fieldwork in Boston public schools, and ultimately earn a teaching license...
CHOOSING BETWEEN STUDENT AND TEACHER...
Katherine K. Merseth, director of teacher programs, said that teaching—like other rigorous professions such as surgery—requires substantial training...