Sad Teachers

This article recently described how 2 out of 5 teachers are disheartened with the profession.  It connects this study–conducted by a NYC-based research group–to Arne Duncan’s recent murmurings that rewarding teachers and focusing on teacher preparation is essential to improving education.  What can teacher preparation programs be doing, I wonder, to help pre-service teachers have a more realistic sense of what teaching is and isn’t? 

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