"Do Teachers Need Education Degrees?"

"Do Teachers Need Education Degrees?":

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/education-degrees-and-teachers-pay/?em

Maybe, maybe not. But I know one thing we do need....

MORE MONEY.

There are 368 comments as of 8:30 am...comments are not closed. What makes us so happy is that the commentators took the opportunity to re-frame the argument towards what teachers need and care about.

Out of all the "experts" given pride of place in the debate, only one is a current/practicing teacher. One out of nine. I'm sure the other people have wonderful things to say...I'd like to further examine how many years they have spent in a classroom. It speaks well of us as profession that 300+ teachers added their voice to the discussion in the comments section.

Notable:

One commentator reported that her husband, who has a Master of Fine Arts--an M.F.A. [he is presumably an art teacher] is not considered highly qualified because he doesn't have a Masters...an M.A. He has an M.F.A.

Because God forbid we should highly skilled artists teaching our children art.