Teachers Offer Advice for Obama
We look back before the election at some of the advice that teachers offered. We hear from Esther Wojcicki, a journalism and English teacher at Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto, California, Marlon Esguerra, Special Education teacher at New Design High School in New York City, Dave Stovall, an Associate Professor University of Illinois at Chicago and Glen Westbroek, a middle school science teacher and science department chair at Orem Junior High in Orem, Utah.
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“You want us to come to school? Have something for us when we get here”
Eric Caldwell is an 11th grader from New York City.
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“Funding for the teachers”
Ricky La is currently attending San Francisco State University in California and planning to make a career out of audio production.
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“The [special education] system struggles and is unsustainable”
Miriam Kurtzig Freedman Attorney, expert, and author, Miriam Kurtzig Freedman has spoken on education law and strategy in 45 states.
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“Those teachers that do care about us and inspire us, they deserve a raise”
Evelyn Santiago and Umelkhair Maisah are students at Vanguard High School in New York City.
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“Issue a clarion call to the young people in this nation to become teachers”
Dr. Ernie Fleishman is the Senior Vice President, Education and Corporate Relations for Scholastic, the global children’s publishing and media company.
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“A real holistic accountability system for schools”
Dr. Scott Conti is the principal of New Design High School in New York City.
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“Encouraging [teachers] to stay”
Margaret Gaston is president of the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning.
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“Support for teachers and assessments”
Thomas Payzant is a professor of practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to that, he served as superintendent of the Boston Public Schools.
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“Call upon people from all backgrounds”
Wendy Kopp is founder and president of Teach for America, the national teaching corps.
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