03-06-2007, 12:16 PM
Quote: California faces a persistent and critical shortage of fully prepared math and science teachers and lacks the capacity to produce enough math and science teachers to meet future needs, according to a new report released today by the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) and the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning.
"The shortage of fully prepared math and science teachers is undermining the quality of the state's education system and hampering the ability to produce college graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics,"...
full article: http://www.ccst.us/news/2007/20070305TCPA.php
Quote:The problem with advanced math and science is that those with the education to teach it can make a lot more money not teaching it...
That empirical lesson in supply and demand explains why high schools have a harder time attracting qualified teachers in calculus, physics and chemistry than other subjects, and why the Kentucky General Assembly is considering two incentive plans to change that: Senate Bills 1 and 2.
Senate Majority Leader Dan Kelly, R-Springfield, who cosponsored SB2, calls them companion bills that could be combined, but were initially kept separate because sponsors feared the idea of differential pay - debunked by the Kentucky Education Association as "demoralizing" - would politically sink both...
full article: http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art...50358/1014