Teaching Is Not a Business - NYTimes.com

Teaching Is Not a Business - NYTimes.com

It’s impossible to improve education by doing an end run around inherently complicated and messy human relationships. All youngsters need to believe that they have a stake in the future, a goal worth striving for, if they’re going to make it school. They need a champion, someone who believes in them, and that’s where teachers enter the picture. The most effective approaches foster bonds of caring between teachers and their students. 

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The presence or absence of social trust among students, teachers, parents and school leaders was a key explanation...
the forging of a relationship based on mutual respect and caring.