I also appreciated prominent policymakers noting the danger of continually showcasing the "shiny examples," given the resource challenges many educators face.

As a result, there exist a significant gap between policy formation, implementation and monitoring within the educational system that does not target the specific problems in which both the educators and children face.

These are some of the questions Catholic educators face: * How to pay competitive salaries to lay teachers, who now make up 81 percent of the staff.

He says educators seeking the best way to broach the topic face a challenge.

These educators, who provide lifesaving information and condoms to groups marginalized by Indian society, themselves face arbitrary arrest, police extortion and harassment in detention.

"The reality is that today's educators face greater threats to safety than ever before," said Ken Trump, a school security consultant in Cleveland.

Those educators whose students scored poorly faced the loss of their jobs.

With the new, tougher English Regents just weeks away, educators now face the uncertainty of what the results will mean for career education students.

It's a dilemma parents and educators face every day," he said.

Previously, educators faced reviews ever three years, and ratings below "satisfactory" were rare.