Our KLA Teachers meet the parents.

Quietly inside, as the economy has wreaked havoc on public schools, parks and many services in my hometown of Miami, I’ve been worrying about the future of the teaching profession.

I have three school age children and come from a family of four teachers so when teachers are being laid off, furloughed or otherwise being asked to do impossibly unfair sacrifices to cling to their under-paying jobs, I take it personal and I get very concerned.  It hurts so much to see what teachers are going through that I’ve told myself I would discourage my kids from pursuing any career related to teaching.

A couple days ago I was reminded how wrong my thinking was.   (more…)