Quote of the Day (Jacques Barzun, on Teaching and the Regard for It)

“Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.” —French-born American historian Jacques Barzun (1907-2012), Teacher in America (1945)

This school year, let’s hope American society recovers that lost regard. After all, with COVID-19, the stresses on the profession and the instructional means for reaching students are unprecedented in number, scope and potential impact.