There is a growing depletion of teachers in America. Some say it's not a shortage, but a distribution issue. Others say that it is a shortage and it needs serious attention.
In a ninety -minute panel discussion at the National Press Club, eight experts discussed ideas about better pay and working conditions, but they came to no conclusion on how to fix the problem. A man by the name of Tom Loveless, who is director of the Brown Center on Education Policy, said: "In general we do not have a distribution problem."(WWW.NEWMAX.COM) Mr. Loveless went on to say there were three million people teaching in the U.S., and six million more with teaching credentials, with one hundred thousand teachers graduating every year. He also stated that baby boomers were reaching retirement age and there will be a multitude of new teachers needed. "They will be needed in the secondary schools, not so much in the elementary schools." (WWW.NEWMAX.COM) Loveless says there isn't a single way to solve the problem, but he along with a panel of experts are looking at many suggestions and possibly solutions.
Others say that there isn't a distribution problem, but an actual shortage. " In the next ten years, America will need to hire two million teachers to meet rising enrollment demand and replace aging teaching force. Half of our nation's teachers will retire during this time period."(WWW.RNT.ORG) The Department Of Education says that by 2006, .
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America will be educating almost three million more children than it is today, that's more than fifty-four million children. There is a need for teachers in a broad range of subject areas, but the most depleted areas are; special education, science, mathematics and .
Bilingual education. More than half of the districts nation wide reported a need for more elementary school teachers. There was also a high need for male teachers.
The shortage of teachers as caused a depletion in educators as well as education.