So instead of watching TV, we read every night together as a family.
From Arne Duncan
When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children.
Most teachers still say they love teaching though they wouldn't mind a little more respect for their challenging work and a little less blame for America's educational shortcomings.
Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback in their early years.
Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.
About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.
We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping the middle class dream alive.
Surveys show that many talented and committed young people are reluctant to enter teaching for the long haul because they think the profession is low-paying and not prestigious enough.
Money is not the reason that people enter teaching.
To encourage more top-caliber students to choose teaching, teachers should be paid a lot more, with starting salaries more in the range of $60,000 and potential earnings of as much as $150,000.
6 perspectives
5 perspectives
4 perspectives
3 perspectives
1 perspectives