We've done a terrible job of hiring, supporting, and retaining the people tasked with the difficult responsibility of teaching our children.

As an urban school superintendent, I learned that hiring, training, and investing in professionals to support our children's social and emotional development, meeting academic expectations for students with special needs, and finding more minutes of instruction in the week, not fewer, mattered.

Teaching is hard. It takes years to master the technically demanding work and a lot of effort to do that work well.

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