"I agree that teacher quality is, "the single most important factor in motivating children in the classroom." The great majority of teachers with whom I have worked and interacted with as a teacher, board member, and parent volunteer are competent and dedicated -quality- teachers. They are not as successful as they might be, though, for a litany of reasons.
The one reason that I hear very little about is the quality of school administrators. If teachers should be recruited from the ranks of the best and the brightest, then administrators should be recruited from the best and the brightest among these. Overall the administrators with whom I have worked and interacted have not been as impressive as the teachers.
If you think that teacher quality needs improvement, may I suggest also that you take a closer look at administrator quality?"
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