Educational Issues

© Barbara Pytel

Teacher Shortage Loo

  1. Irene Taylor

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1.   May 9, 2006 8:22 AM

» Irene Taylor - Teacher Shortages

Hi Barb,

Excellent piece on the reasons we're facing a teacher shortage!

Just yesterday I got a retirement notice in the mail from the school I taught at for 25 years. It listed four retirees!! That is unprecedented, but a sign of the times for sure. I taught in a small school, and one or two retirees each year was all we ever had - none some years! When I retired a few years ago, I was alone. So to hear of four retirees all at once was really a jolt.

Your reasons for why we are facing this shortage are telling - maybe "education" needs to do more to make teaching a desired profession!

Thanks for the great article!

Irene

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