If teachers were held to the standards the market imposes on businesspeople, they’d be a lot more effective.

Succeed and you create a better generation of new leaders. Fail, and you’re out of a job. And the students you serve are denied the tools they need to succeed in life.

The teachers who succeed are those who, regardless of the political climate in schools, apply what they’re teaching to the life their students live now — and tomorrow.

Great post, Sinem!