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Teachers & Teaching
OVERVIEW
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The Hands and Hearts in Our Schools
      More Than Most Fields, the Key to Education is People
GOOD TEACHING
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Ten Traits of a Good Teacher
      Is Yours a Perfect '10'?
The Best Teachers Have Good Language Skills
      You Don't Have to Be a Rocket Scientist -- Just a Good Communicator
Teachers Who Get Kids to Listen
      If They Won't Listen, How Can They Learn?
Teachers Who Get Kids to Behave
      The Miracle of Teaching Kids Self-Control
NOT SO GOOD TEACHING
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The Teachers We Want . . .
      . . . And a List of the Other Kind
QUALITY & CERTIFICATION
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Teacher Quality
      More Important Than Class Size, Dollars Spent, or Anything Else
Teacher Certification
      Good Branding, or Irrelevant?
COMPENSATION
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Teacher Pay
      The Question Isn't Should It Be Higher. The Question Is: How?
'The Blob' That Ate Teacher Pay
      Too Many Snouts in the Trough Means Less for Each
TEACHER ED
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Will There Be Teachers' Colleges in the Future?
      Will Teacher Education Take a Different Approach?
CONTINUING ED
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Staff Development
      Teachers Are Learners, Too
UNIONS
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National Teachers' Unions
      Large, and In Charge
CONTROVERSIES
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Bullies: Sometimes, It's Staff
      What to Look For, and What to Do, When a Teacher or Other School Staff Has It In For Your Child
INNOVATIONS
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Entrepreneurial Educators
      Hats Off to the Ones Who Found a Better Way

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