Introduction : Do teachers have it easy? ; Why Jonathan Dearman, the heartbeat of Leadership High School, left to sell real estate --The strange and incredible lives of your children's teachers : Look Dad, my biology teacher is selling stereos at Circuit City!" ; The teachers live in another town ; It's not a bad salary if you're single ; Driving the rustbucket -- Understanding, truly understanding, what goes into effective teaching : To be a teacher ; Teaching bell to bell ; A day in the life ; So why do they bother? -- Buying in, selling out, losing faith : Crisis of faith ; They left, here's why ; "I didn't want to be poor" -- Better schools begin with better pay : Success in reform ; Solutions that aren't ; Pay now or later.
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