> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Jon Gabriel
... > >From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... > >However, AFAIK, there isn't much of a teacher shortage in the > country these > >days... which implies that teachers are being paid plenty. I'd believe > >that teachers are underpaid if you could demonstrate a nationwide teacher > >shortage..... > > 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.ht > ml > 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 in California, we're eliminating the teacher shortage. First, we made money available to train new teachers in exchange for a three-year commitment. A lot of people took advantage of that over the last few years, so we had quite a few more teachers available. Now we're closing the gap *completely* (and then some) by cutting school funding, which will eliminate all of the unfilled positions *and* require schools to lay off the vast majority of those whom we just trained. Bingo, no more teacher shortage. In fact, now we have a teacher surplus! This reminds me of the story of the night shift superviser at Network Solutions, when it had the monopoly on domain name registration, who improved his efficiency ratings by destroying the requests that his team didn't get to. Look, no more unprocessed requests! One hundred percent efficiency! Did I mention the other surplus in California schools, the surplus students? Perhaps a "modest proposal" is needed. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
