Yesterday was Day of the Teacher, and to celebrate that, a local news station decided to run a piece, in two parts, about the teacher absences at local schools. My school, and its middle school feeder school, happen to score the top spots for the number of substitutes sent to cover for absent teachers. Nothing was said about the conditions in which the teachers at these schools must work.
The news broadcaster pointed out how the schools with high teacher absences have lower test scores. The message was that the low scores are caused by those teachers not being in their classrooms. As if that is the only factor at these schools with so many problems.
What a way to wish us a Happy Teacher Day.
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