From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: The War on Schools Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 14:23:05 -0500
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 01:05:53PM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
> There's a *huge* multipage section on the ed.gov website which > lists teacher shortages by curriculum for every state. I > studied it when my wife was job hunting at the end of last year: > http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/Students/repayment/teachers/tsa.html > I'd say that's pretty comprehensive evidence of a widespread > nationwide teacher shortage. Also, I've seen statistics (I'm sure I > could dig 'em up somewhere if pressed) that most teachers leave the > profession within 5 years. Not a ringing endorsement for the job.
Here's something that I would like to see. I wonder if anyone has done such a study?
It seems as if they're mostly done on a state to state basis. I can't remember where exactly I read that original statistic, but based on these links, the average seems to be 46% rather than 80%, according to:
http://www.nctaf.org/whatsnew/docs/charts_revised_8.15A.02.pdf
It's still too high, imo.
I know that in some locations, teachers are paid a lot more than average. In rich suburbs of big cities, I believe this happens frequently. It would be interesting to compare shortages in such well-paid locations versus shortages in places where the pay is much lower.
I haven't heard much in the way of high teacher salaries except at private schools, but you could be right. I didn't search for any studies on this.
Jon Better Accuracy Maru
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