U.S. urged to Raise Teachers' Status

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/education/16teachers.html?_r=1&ref=education

 This article basically explains that in order for American students to do the best that they can do, the United States needs to raise the status of the teaching profession by training teachers better, paying them more, and only recruiting the top qualified candidates. If we can raise the status of teachers and train them better we will have better schools and our kids will be learning to the best of the ability.

It also states that other countries are doing things like supporting their teachers with mentors to help them when they first enter a classroom, only selecting the highest performing college graduates to teach, and raising teacher respect. By doing this, these countries are in fact the top teaching countries, which leads to better students, and to a better country overall.