Blog Post #14

1.Pick from the best
2.Seniority distraction

According to Joel Klein, in Teaching our children can be a profession: Column, there are ways for teaching to be a profession. There are a list of problems that hinder teachers from being as good as they can be. The following problems and solutions can help teachers be better teachers. First teaching is not professionalized, according to Klein. He believes that teachers should begin with academic training for prospective teachers. Recruiting the top third of all graduates ensures above satisfactory academic training from prospective teachers, rather than anyone with a degree become a teacher. This is called "picking from the best." Second, Joel Klein says that we should change how we reward teachers. He says that teachers are "interchangeable." The seniority distraction is a major problem. The more experienced teachers teach in the nicer schools with more privileged students whereas the inexperienced teachers teach in school where there are poor students.
All of these points are significant to the fact that teaching can be a profession. If we give above satisfactory academic training to prospective teachers then our teachers will be better teachers. I do not agree with "picking from the best." It is not fair to prospective teachers that give their all in everything they do academic to fall short because some other prospective teacher is smarter than them. This should be re addressed for all prospective teachers.