America’s best advocate for teachers is the intense and often funny slam-poet Taylor Mali: “What am I, really, but a propagandist who mollifies teachers into accepting the status quo? I sometimes feel that way when I am worn from the fight. But I always come back to the fact that being a teacher is one of the greatest jobs in the world, and sometimes the people who have chosen to walk that noble path simply need to be reminded that there is a vast army of educated and grateful citizens who have their backs. Someone needs to remind teachers that they are dearly loved. I’m that guy." He sings our praises in the face of reckless politicized disparagement.
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