Mathew Miller Teachers

In the article, “A New Deal for Teachers,“ by Mathew Miller, he argues that low income families with students from fourth grade through eighth grade show significantly lower tests scores compared to students from high income areas. This problem Miller addresses, is that there are not enough good teachers in poor cities, and not enough teachers willing to continue their jobs as teachers. Another argument Miller indicates is that having a good quality teacher makes a huge difference in the child’s education and overall development. Miller says that teachers, who do not care about their students and their performance, result in students doing poorly in class academics. One way to resolve these problems is to raise the wages for the teachers, but base salary upon performance and educational background. The school district should fire the teachers that are not performing at level and look into hiring new ones. Good teachers quit their careers to find better paying wages for them as well as for their families. Teaching is not a high paying career, and this seems to be the reason why many teachers are quitting their careers. Miller addresses that there is …show more content…
One particular teacher, I remember her to this day Mrs. Novatny. She was really to the students in her class. In my personal opinion, Mrs. Novatny was a woman that lacked passion to teach and did she enjoy kids being happy. In that particular class no one would dare ask questions. I never seemed to do well in that class. I was set for failure. Mrs. Novatny is a good example of what a teacher should not be like towards her students. Although she was highly educated, her educations did not teach her to be a good quality teacher because she was lacking care and compassion. Having teachers like Mrs. Novatny decreases the chances of the students doing well because there is no motivation offered from the