Sara Jones is a professor of elementary education at Illinois State University.

萨拉·琼斯是伊利诺伊州立大学的基础教育教授。

A low wage for elementary school teachers, however, doesn't mean elementary education isn't important.

然而，小学教师的低工资并不意味着小学教育不重要。

But then I got my undergrad degree and elementary education and I had a chance to teach in public school.

不过现在我拿到了本科学位和初等教育证书，我有机会在公共学校教书。

" This is horrible, " wrote Olympia Stroud, a program coordinator at the Massachusetts department of elementary and secondary education (DESE).

“这太可怕了，”马萨诸塞州中小学教育局(DESE)的项目协调员奥林匹亚·斯特劳德(Olympia Stroud)写道。

I work in India, which has made incredible progress in bringing elementary education for all.

我在印度工作，印度在为所有人提供基础教育方面取得了令人难以置信的进展。

In the North, their housing was crowded and substandard. In the South, many did not have access to anything beyond basic elementary education.

在北方，他们的住房拥挤不堪，质量低劣。在南方，许多人除了基本的基础教育外，没有任何其他的机会。

A low wage for elementary school teachers, however, doesn't mean elementary education isn't important. It simply means there're too many elementary school teachers already.

然而，小学教师的低工资并不意味着小学教育不重要。这只是意味着小学教师已经太多了。

" Her name is Abby. She has a degree in elementary education from Western Kentucky. For the past three years she's taught at a private kindergarten near Boston College. "

“她叫阿比。在西肯塔基大学获得了初等教育专业学位。最近三年她一直在波士顿大学附近的一所私立幼儿园任教。”

But these relaxations might all be rendered a part of elementary education, for many things improve and amuse the senses, when introduced as a kind of show, to the principles of which dryly laid down, children would turn a deaf ear.

但是这些放松都可以成为基础教育的一部分， 因为许多东西可以改善和娱乐感官， 当作为一种表演引入时， 孩子们会充耳不闻。