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“Remember How Important Teachers Are”

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Quinta Brunson, playing a second grade teacher in the ABC-TV sitcom Abbott Elementary, ended her monolog as host on Saturday Night Live with a plea to value the teaching profession.

“Please, remember how important teachers are.

Acknowledge the
work they do every day

and for the love of God,
pay them the money
they deserve.”

Economists, business leaders and historians validate the value of teachers. For example:

  • Stanford University economist Eric Hanushek says that the difference between a good teacher and a bad teacher “can be a full level of student achievement in a single year.”
  •      Harvard University economist Raj Chetty conducted a study noting that an excellent kindergarten teacher increases the lifetime earnings of a class of 20 students by $320,000 or $16,000 per student.
  •      Technology guru and Microsoft founder
    Bill Gates says that teachers are more important than technology.
  •      Author John Steinbeck said that teaching might even be “the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.”
  •      Veteran teacher and author of Teach Like a Pirate, Dave Burgess says: “Nothing is more powerful than a master teacher standing before a class of students orchestrating the learning experience.”
  •       Historian and author David McCullough observes: “There is no more important person in our society than our teachers. We are more indebted to our teachers than anybody inigniting our society.”

For more examples of teachers as leaders purchase your copy of TEACHING LIKE A LEADER , the 300-page newly published book available on Amazon.com that champions the teaching profession and features 26 exemplary teachers who demonstrate that teaching = leading.

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