By: Jon Fee, SVP, Marketing, and Devi Thomas, Global Head, Communications, Research and Messaging
Recently, the acclaimed writer and director, Shonda Rhimes tweeted, “Been homeschooling a 6-year old and 8-year old for one hour and 11 minutes. Teachers deserve to make a billion dollars a year. Or a week.”
We could not agree more!
Teachers have always performed remarkable feats guiding and protecting our children. Throughout the school day, they are not only teaching various subjects, they are also teaching valuable life skills like respect, kindness, sticking to routines, and communicating well with others.
Today, parents across the world are getting a flavor for what those days could look like. This week, in the U.S. alone, at least 114,000 public and private schools closed or scheduled to close, affecting at least 52.6 million students. Globally, according to UNESCO, over 100 countries have implemented nationwide closures, impacting over half
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