I'm not teaching poor kids
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- JasonMorgan
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The Milwaukee Public School system is having a hard time recruiting teachers to work in high-needs schools. High-needs is a euphemism for the ghetto. The best and most experienced teachers tend to gravitate towards the schools that excel while the high-needs schools get the youngest and least experienced teachers, if any apply at all. Seeing how we treat education as a product to be regulated by the free market, the location of a school is important when trying to attract qualified teachers, much like location is important to a business trying to attract customers. In a city that promotes school choice for parents, it can't be mad that teachers are following suit. Teaching is a noble profession, and one that doesn't receive the recognition it deserves, but it can't become an elitest endeavor. What kind of message is this sending to the kids who live in the poor areas of town? What does this say about the caliber of the people who are becoming teachers? It seems that as a society, we view the people and places associated with poverty as unworthy and undeserving of the very thing capable of bringing about a positive change.
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