When push comes to shove, local budget-makers tend to shove out our teachers. Yet even with stagnant salaries and long, thankless days, they’re some of the most dedicated public servants we have.

By Anne Slater

It is 6:30 a.m. and Ms. D is already on her way to a Boston-area public school, where she teaches first grade. It is still dark when she pulls into the parking lot. I greet her as she … CONTINUE READING

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