Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Wrong place to have incorrect grammar

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The Teacher Salary Project is intended to call attention to the important and difficult work that teachers do. I agree that teachers “deserve more.” Is it wrong of me to also wish that the first words that pop up in its video trailer weren’t grammatically incorrect [or was that intentional?]…

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