Teachers deal with a lot of obstacles to providing a great education.
They are paid or treated particularly well.
They encounter emotional baggage associated with abuse/neglect to school.
They must deal with learning disorders that vary greatly.
They receive inadequate resources and training much of the time.
We’d need a library of books to fully unpack all these issues. They are multi-faceted and complex.
My intention is not to oversimplify the plight our teachers face…but…if we are able to design school to be a place where kids want to go [as opposed to a place where they are bored, bullied or banished to work that doesn’t excite them] do a lot of the other problems become more manageable?
Teacher pay might increase as students want to spend more time at school and/or there are better outcomes for legislators/advocates to point to.
School would become a safe place where abuse is reported and treated.
Student driven work would free up teacher time for training.
What do you think?
