Keeping Teachers Happy
In education, students are the focus. Their learning must come first, and there is much debate as to how to assist them in achieving the high standards of the modern public education model. In the United States, students perform poorly in the key areas of math and reading when compared with students in other countries around the world. This is a national concern and there are no easy answers. During the Bush administration, a sweeping collection of laws were passed, collectively known as No Child Left Behind, that tied federal funding for education spending for the states to performance — despite the absence of any unified, national standards for achievement. This has resulted in states competing for federal funding through programs such as Obama’s Race to the Top, and Title 1 funding cuts due to poor performance — but another fatality of NCLB is the exodus of highly trained teachers from the profession in the face of insurmountable obstacles and a punitive evaluation system that directly ties their continued employment and compensation to the success of the nation’s most at risk student populations.
After Education: Inspiring Resumes
Suppose you have finally completed your educational goals; you either enrolled in and finished an online degree program, or attended college in the traditional way and now hold the coveted parchment as a symbol and recognition for all your hard work. This is one of the most special and exciting times of your life. A world of possibilities is now open before you, and the world is your oyster — at least, that’s what people led you to believe while you were burning the midnight oil to cram for all those exams and get those papers written. It is probably the thing you kept reminding yourself of as you signed away your life on the bottom of all those college loan agreements. Sadly, it probably isn’t true.
