English Students: Public Education Problems/Solutions

In class, you were given a packet of two articles:

• "How to fix our schools: A manifesto"
and
• "Why I Left Teaching Behind"
  aka "Schools Need Teachers Like Me. I Just Can't Stay."

In a well-developed paragraph, respond to the following prompt:

Which essay (if either) do you agree with and why? Support your response with at least two well-chosen pieces of embedded text evidence.

The assignment is due on the day of your course ACP (periods 1 and 2, 5/24; period 4, 5/28).