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Tuesday, November 3, 2020

NANCY BAILEY: PDK Gallup Polls and The Election: The Nation Needs Great Teachers!

PDK Gallup Polls and The Election: The Nation Needs Great Teachers!
PDK Gallup Polls and The Election: The Nation Needs Great Teachers!




If V.P. Joe Biden is elected, there will be a chance for public education to survive and teachers to get the support they need to serve America’s children. Reelect President Trump, and chances are public schools may end. Teachers who have been prepared to teach may leave the field for good.

Gallup Polls show how American’s attitudes have changed and remained the same when it comes to public schools over the years. Saving education in America depends on creating a professional teaching workforce.

The pandemic has made it clear that the country relies on its teachers to help students learn. Even before Covid-19 parents from both parties realized this. Teachers have risen to the occasion during the pandemic with little help from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos or President Trump.

President Trump and his followers are hostile towards public schooling, teachers, and the teacher’s union. I cannot remember President Trump ever visiting a public school. He has been to a private religious school. 

They call public schools “government schools,” but the public owns their schools, or CONTINUE READING: PDK Gallup Polls and The Election: The Nation Needs Great Teachers!