Out on a Limb
The education profession is just that: a profession of educated professionals . Most teachers have years of education beyond the minimum bachelor’s degree required to enter the profession. We have spent our time and money learning more about learning, learning more about how to do the best possible jobs for our students. Teachers are lifelong learners who seek out education in the form of higher degrees, workshops, networking, and participating in countless book studies, all for the purpose of bettering ourselves and providing the best possible educational experience for our students, for your children. With this knowledge in hand, why do so many school districts not actually listen to their teachers? Listening is something many school districts claim to do, by offering teachers a few choices about certain things, such as the school calendar. But these choices often seem to come after someone higher up already made the big decisions and passed down the two most agreeable options