By Bruno Manno
There’s trouble in the profession.
Public school teachers are stressed out by their work. They have a gloomy outlook on the problems students face and a dim view of K-12 education’s future. These and other bleak views are chronicled in a new Pew Research Center survey of classroom teachers entitled What’s It Like To Be a Teacher in America Today?
Truth be told, teachers are just as prone as the rest of us to overstate how bad things are. Moreover, this survey is a snapshot of one point in time.
But it is important to understand teachers’ perceptions of K-12 education following Covid-19. This means listening to their voices and their unflattering reflections, as challenging as they are.
