Improving school education is an economic imperative as much as a social one. Current teachers need and deserve better support, but the best way to boost student results in the long run is to attract talented young people into teaching and set them up for success in the classroom.

Teaching is both intellectually and emotionally demanding. It’s tough enough to figure out the best way to teach one subject to one student. Tougher still is to do this for a class of 25, each at different stages in their learning and with their own challenges.