Stateline: David Rock wanted to be a teacher when he graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1987 with a math degree. But poor starting salaries for educators and the dim view of the profession held by his friends and parents convinced him to take a job in defense contracting instead.
“The perception was you didn’t go to college to become a teacher,” Rock said. He’s trying to change that now as dean of the School of Education at the University of Mississippi.
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