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How to Raise the Status of Teachers | Mar. 27, 2011

Times article on raising the status of teaching as a profession. It's been said often, countries that hold ed. professionals in high regard see higher student achievement. Ways to see that teachers are held in high regard are elusive and can encounter resistance, but they generally include higher pay, better training (ie. more intellectual study, less drawing on chart paper with markers), and merit based treatment.