Survey Probes Barriers to Switching Into Teaching

09.10.08

Education Week

More than two of five professionals between the ages of 24 and 60 would consider teaching as a second career in the future, according to survey results released today by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

Among a subset of respondents especially interested in teaching, 27 percent said they would consider doing so within the next five years.

The survey suggests that recruiting those individuals into the profession would require policymakers to consider carefully how to address low teacher pay, appeal to an increasingly diverse population, and design training pathways and supports tailored to midcareer professionals.

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11.24.08

Schools feel pinch from economic woes

School districts across the United States are tightening their belts in anticipation of a meager fiscal diet that could carry into 2011.

As state and local revenue declines, officials are looking for the trims least likely to harm the quality of education. Although some districts have rainy-day funds to tap, concern is growing that students, particularly those who are struggling to learn or who are homeless, are going to feel the pinch.

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Toolkit: Importance of Advanced Math

This toolkit by Achieve highlights the connection between higher-lever math courses and student readiness for college, work and life. Resources include fact sheets, presentations, policy papers and brochures.

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