From Deseret News archives:
No support = no teachers
Right now, Utah needs teachers. Badly. According to the Governor's Education Summit, 21 out of 39 school districts are down teachers. That's 25 percent more than last year. Fewer college graduates in the state are going into teaching. Fewer ethnic minorities are embracing the career. And more teachers are moving into the private sector or just simply moving.
So what can be done?
Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., has his priorities straight there. His top goal next year is to increase teacher pay in order to beef up the quality of education in Utah.
But that's just the beginning.
Teachers need more money. That goes without saying.
But more than that, they need to know that people support them, that they are not going it alone in a hostile work environment.
Support Utah teachers financially.
But beyond than, if the state wants more quality instructors, Utahns must support them emotionally, psychologically, culturally and politically.
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