VP, Jill Biden pay respect to teachers
At a time when it has become almost a national sport to bash teachers,second lady Jill Biden, took a different, and welcome, tact yesterday by hosting the 2010 State Teachers of the Year--and making sure that her husband, Vice President Joe Biden, showed up.
It may have looked like just another afternoon tea in the vice presidential residence, but, a number of the guests said it was a genuine measure of respect, and a sorely needed one at that.
“We’re just not used to this kind of attention,” said Leah Lechleiter-Luke, Wisconsin’s Teacher of the Year.
With state and federal officials moving to link standardized test scores to teacher pay, and as state budget woes threaten the layoffs of hundreds of thousands of teachers around the country, first Jill Biden, and then Vice President Joe Biden, spent more than an hour talking with their visitors and thanking them for their hard work and passion.
