This is John Benson, your state superintendent of public instruction.
Parents are their children's first and most important teachers.
Naturally, they have a concern about the quality of classroom teachers to whom they entrust their children's future. Well, in an effort to ensure that Wisconsin has the best teachers in America, we have set the bar of preparation even higher. Earlier in this century, those who earned high school diplomas could teach at least grade school in Wisconsin. After World War II, teachers needed to complete a two-year program of study usually at a state teachers college. We understand that a college degree does not a teacher make.