the point of schools is not to make teachers happy . I don ' t care about morale , I care about teaching kids as cost effectively as possible . Happy teachers make happy students . Have you ever worked a job where you felt disposable and not valued ? Did you stay there long ? Teachers are professionals . They are like accountants or doctors or scientists . A teacher ' s expertise just happens to be with the kids in a classroom . In many states it requires or at least favors folks with a master ' s degree . These people value some degree of professional autonomy and an administration that respects their ability to think . Without morale you aren ' t going to retain the kind of experienced teachers we need . <| sep |> Top day . I reckon tomorrow should be a pretty mint day