When you see that 76 percent of teachers are female, I think you have to acknowledge that there's a cultural bias, and it does date back to this nineteenth century idea that teaching is a form of mothering.
The question is rarely asked, "Why is it that so few other Americans have these protections?" The question is more often asked, "Why do teachers have… - Dana Goldstein
The question is rarely asked, "Why is it that so few other Americans have these protections?" The question is more often asked, "Why do teachers have…
- Dana Goldstein
This is something that Randi Weingarten said to me when I interviewed her once, which I think I quote in chapter nine. She talks about how only 7 per… - Dana Goldstein
This is something that Randi Weingarten said to me when I interviewed her once, which I think I quote in chapter nine. She talks about how only 7 per…
I believe everyone in the education sector should be looking at evidence, reassessing, making tweaks to figure out what works, I think it's a positiv… - Dana Goldstein
I believe everyone in the education sector should be looking at evidence, reassessing, making tweaks to figure out what works, I think it's a positiv…
[Nineteenth century American educator] Catharine Beecher is really associated with the idea that a mother works with children in the home and a teach… - Dana Goldstein
[Nineteenth century American educator] Catharine Beecher is really associated with the idea that a mother works with children in the home and a teach…
Teaching is been seen as kind of a moral calling and not as an intellectual job. - Dana Goldstein
Teaching is been seen as kind of a moral calling and not as an intellectual job.
I think any sort of system that gives teachers more opportunities like teacher-led schools is a positive one that's going to lead to better retention… - Dana Goldstein
I think any sort of system that gives teachers more opportunities like teacher-led schools is a positive one that's going to lead to better retention…
There are a lot of polls that show that actually Americans have a pretty high opinion of teachers, that Americans think teachers are just about as pr… - Dana Goldstein
There are a lot of polls that show that actually Americans have a pretty high opinion of teachers, that Americans think teachers are just about as pr…
I always make the point that teachers are people too, and that they don't just want to be in front of kids all day and have children be their only fe… - Dana Goldstein
I always make the point that teachers are people too, and that they don't just want to be in front of kids all day and have children be their only fe…
Coming to the civil rights movement in the twentieth century, we begin to have this idea that's still with us today, which is that the main purpose o… - Dana Goldstein
Coming to the civil rights movement in the twentieth century, we begin to have this idea that's still with us today, which is that the main purpose o…
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