The public school system is a system that is everybody's business. Everyone puts their dollars into this system and should state what needs to happen to this system.
This system needs to change. The context, behavior, culture, leadership, and passion needs to change. The most important aspect to change schools is having the right leader. The leader has the job to get people to see and feel the change. The leader needs to change the conditions of the schools to raise them up and have good teachers want to stay there.
Martin Luther once said,
"Let the wife make her husband glad to come home and let him make her sorry to see him leave."We can change it to ,"Let the administrator make the teacher glad to come to school and let the teacher make the administrator sad to see them leave." Ok, the connection isn't really the greatest. But, if the school is engaging for the student and the teacher, neither will want to leave. When the teacher has passion, a purpose, and enjoys what they are doing, the student engagement will increase which is what we want, better students, students that are eager to learn and take responsibility into their own learning.
If your an administrator what are you doing to keep your good teachers? If your a teacher what are you doing to engage your students? If your a student what are you doing to take control of your own learning? If your a parent or pay taxes what are you doing to make sure your money is going to the students education and engaging them to become better citizens?
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