Just about everybody, it seems, has something to say about teachers. Given the intense debate over public education, it would be surprising if teaching failed to attract the scrutiny that surrounds topics such as school funding or standards. In the end, whatever reforms we pursue and whatever standards we set, we count on teachers to go into classrooms and deliver the goods.

Critics have raised questions about whether today's teachers are up to the job; whether teaching has become a second-tier profession for those with no better options. In A Sense of Calling, Public Agenda attempted to find out what teachers really think of their profession, and to compare their views with those of the administrators who hired them and college graduates who chose different careers.

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