Oh, yes . Sometimes they get to 5th and 6th grade and still can't do that. Hersh will spend an hour today in unplanned meetings with teachers. One involves a personal conflict between two colleagues. It's important to clear away such distractions from teaching, she says.
People forget that teachers are human beings.
We've had everything from ill parents, to broken engagements. Sometimes the teachers do need somebody just to talk to. Independent coverage of Chicago school reform since 1989.