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The Teacher Salary Project is intended to call attention to the important and difficult work that teachers do. I agree that teachers “deserve more.” Is it wrong of me to […]

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February 16, 2011

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The Teacher Salary Project is intended to call attention to the important and difficult work that teachers do. I agree that teachers “deserve more.” Is it wrong of me to also wish that the first words that pop up in its video trailer weren’t grammatically incorrect [or was that intentional?]…

Associate Professor of Educational Administration, Iowa State University

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