Yes, there are many problems in education.  But many of them boil down to the fact that we are a cadre of professionals who are taken advantage of as part of the job requirement.

I was musing over a post at Bill Ferriter's blog, "The Tempered Radical," about "white space" teachers. These are the teachers who are doing great things quietly, unrecognized for their contributions to the overall success of a school. So I ...