Award-winning teachers dole out advice on fixing public schools
- Award-winning teachers suggest ideas on improving America's public schools:
- Some say schools should invest more in quality teachers and technology
- More teacher collaboration, such as conferences or online programs, encouraged
- Science teacher suggests less emphasis on student testing, more on overall performance
Editor's note: Watch CNN's "Fix Our Schools" coverage all this week, offering concrete, unique solutions to the U.S. education crisis.
(CNN) -- What if students attended school all year? One Wisconsin teacher thinks that could be a way to improve student grades and fix the nation's public school system.
Almost every teacher has thoughts on how to improve schools. So this month, as students began to trickle into classrooms, CNN listened to the ideas of award-winning teachers at public schools across the country.
From encouraging more investment in quality teachers to improving student access to technology, these passionate teachers had plenty to say, despite the difficulties of budget reductions and teacher cuts.
Share your thoughts about making schools better
Almost all the teachers warned that there is no quick fix. But for now,