President Trump has proposed cutting over $2 billion in funds for professional development and career growth and replacing them with vouchers for trainings that go directly to teachers, thereby circumventing district- and school-level bureaucracies. While this proposal may make for some positive headlines, it won’t actually help teachers grow professionally or better meet their students’ needs. In […]

Shifra Adler
Shifra Adler teaches ninth-12th grade mathematics at The Chicago High School for the Arts in Chicago, Illinois. She is a member of Educators for Excellence.