In recent years, a number of fields have begun to wrestle with this problem, but none with such profound social consequences as the profession of teaching.
The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, said when he launched the education commission report this week that it should not be taken as a criticism of the teaching profession of today.
Professionalization of a teaching profession that merely focuses on getting better PISA test scores or more efficient teaching of a common core curriculum will do no better than what we have now, and probably worse.
Everything, maybe, except to the lower orders of the teaching profession and the massed ranks of elected politicians.
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As a self-declared "staunch supporter" of the teaching profession and local education authorities - but opponent of selection - Mr Willis had been moderately supportive of Labour policies.
It was a radical recasting of the teaching profession to embed teaching assistants alongside teachers and give them a defined role - now more than 130, 000 of them, double the number in 1997.
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As part of my Government's drive to raise achievements in schools, a consultation paper will be brought forward on the most far-reaching reforms of the teaching profession in 50 years.
Currently, the salary structure of the teaching profession is highly rigid, and that would also have to change in a world where we want to rate teachers on their actual performance.
But he acknowledged the last government had helped change perceptions of the teaching profession, enhancing "its prestige and self-confidence" in part by backing charities like TeachFirst which, he said, "persuaded the best graduates from the best universities to enter the classroom".
Secretary Duncan and I will be working to promote the teaching profession to show young people that teaching is one of the best and most rewarding ways to serve our country.
Thirdly, the project proposes the design and implementation of career paths oriented towards strengthening the teaching profession and attracting good candidates, requiring the adjustment of policies on remunerations and incentives, promotion, performance assessment and the assignment of roles and functions.
What went on in the officer's head is something that I can only guess but, based on over 30 years of experience in the doing, teaching and studying of the police profession, I would venture to say that race had nothing to do with the behavior displayed and that the sub-culture of police work dictated the action, more than any possible bias or prejudice.
As Estelle Morris was delivering her speech about modernising the profession, she also issued government predictions about the shortfall of teaching staff.
The teaching profession is encouraged to design and implement teacher codes of conduct, based on the highest ethical and professional standards, and to be oriented around the goal of teaching all students effectively and equally.
One way of accelerating this will be to encourage more women to join the teaching profession.
In 2007 Public Agenda surveyed 865 first-year teachers in high-needs schools, some of whom had graduated from traditional teaching programs, others who entered the profession through Teach for America, the New Teacher Project, and Troops to Teachers.
President of the National Association of Head Teachers, Eric Spear said his words gave credibility to the teaching profession's concerns.
"It's a sad thing, but with teaching you are going to have people who are attracted to the profession because of easy availability of kids, " Turner said.
The Tung administration is beset by public dissatisfaction over unemployment, a string of administrative fumbles, and unpopular reforms in housing, the civil service and the teaching profession.
For instance, half a year of student teaching strikes me as a huge and unnecessary barrier to entry into the teaching profession for many people who work in other fields already.
Mr Twigg also hit out at the government, saying it has "pitched itself against" the teaching profession, "against the very people it needs onside to deliver the sort of change that our education system needs".
However, she admitted that a lack of teacher training places or permanent teaching posts would not have deterred her from going into the profession.
The State of the Art sets out to indicate the key trends that characterise the situation of teachers and policies relating to teachers, in terms of pre-service teacher training, continuing training, the teaching career, and working conditions for those in the profession, as well as the key institutional processes involved in the creation and implementation of public policies in the sphere of teaching.
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