Respect teachers
“How do I attract and keep the best teachers?” the school administrator asked me.
“I’m losing my best teachers,” another said.
The state’s school superintendents recently gathered for their state convention. I spoke to their convention and listened to their concerns during a break in the action.
Many superintendents are concerned about the upcoming state budget. They told me if the state continues to short-change schools of needed cash, our schools will struggle to attract and retain qualified teachers.
Already the state has experienced a significant loss of public school teachers. The Department of Public
