For years teachers have paid their dues to local, state and federal professional associations. Among those agencies is the NEA (the National Education Assn.). Their commitment to education is critical and their voice is needed relative to promoting 'best' practices and keeping teachers abreast of various programs and ideas that impact the classroom.
I can think of no better way for the NEA to impact the classroom than to invest funds directly into high school programs that initiate classes to train the next generation of teachers. There are a scant number of these in the country and they are not only beneficial in terms of getting kids interested in a career of teaching but many of them have been successful in terms of seeing those students go on to classroom teaching after college.
The NEA owes it to the profession of teaching to do all it can to engage today's high school students to be the next generation of teachers.
Dick
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