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...high school declared that she chose to attend Framingham State College due to the low salary she would receive as a teacher when she graduated. The solution is to raise teachers' salaries so that they reflect both the education needed to be a good teachers and the vital importance of educating our children. Higher salaries will encourage more college graduates to become teachers, which will expand the applicant pool, increase competition for teaching positions and allow school districts to hire the most qualified people...
...many teachers in Massachusetts are rapidly approaching retirement, it is particularly vital that the teachers who are hired within the next few 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...
...cases of government professors Bonnie Honig and Peter Berkowitz, and a huge missed opportunity in a periodic review of the Core to fully abandon the tired program in favor of distribution requirements. There has been no real progress on ethnic studies, and little to nothing has changed in such vital areas as section size, teaching fellow quality and academic advising. Verdict: Even to worse...
...confidence and self-respect gained beforehand. The "self-esteem boost" provided by the single-sex environment is not a short-term benefit, as suggested by Chang. Rather, such self-assurance gained early in life can become a vibrant force for years to come, and, I believe, will remain a vital component of personality throughout life. As a result, I am both happy with and extremely grateful for my years at an all-girls high school...
...confidence and self-respect gained beforehand. The "self-esteem boost" provided by the single-sex environment is not a short-term benefit, as suggested by Chang. Rather, such self-assurance gained early in life can become a vibrant force for years to come, and, I believe, will remain a vital component of personality throughout life. As a result, I am both happy with and extremely grateful for my years at an all-girls high school. MARISA L. PORGES...