math teacher shortage

At ABCTE we are continuing our quest to recruit 900 New Teachers into the program. It is pretty exciting to hear and see the level of enthusiasm in this team in getting this done. With a "free one week enrollment" to see our amazing teacher preparation resources and $150 off the price, recruitment is working hard to field all the calls and questions.

Edtrust always cuts right to the bone when it comes to education problems in this country and for that they should be commended. They take the data and provide no-nonsense analysis and solutions.

We’re seeing a lot of news and chatter coming out of Washington State that all points to the fact that they could really use ABCTE.

No surprise here. People have the hardest time wrapping their minds around the following two truths:

1. There is a surplus of teachers
2. There is a shortage of teachers

Both statements are true. There is a surplus of elementary teachers. But there are HUGE shortages of math, science and special education teachers.

In many ways I feel like the boy who cried teacher shortage. We talk about the impending doom of massive teacher retirements, yet every year our resourceful HR departments manage to get just enough teachers to stave off disaster.

And with the many teacher layoffs announced around the country in the last few months, people are wondering if this shortage stuff is all just a way for us to weasel our program into more states. Ultimately, the lesson from the fable may be learned the hard way for many states and districts. When the wolf actually comes, no one will believe us.

Out of field teaching ensures the continued decline of high poverty schools. It is shameful that we will put someone in front of a math class who does not know math, but states will not open up teacher certification to high quality routes like ABCTE - - hopefully, parents will become outraged that their students know more algebra than their teacher and demand solutions.

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Wow. Judge orders halt to algebra. Only in California could you have a court case that results in this type of headline.

I am a huge advocate of STEM and lament the loss of our competitive edge in the world marketplace. But I support the judge in this case. It is wrong in so many ways to force all students to take algebra in the 8th grade.

Always nice to get the word out about ways to solve the math and science teacher shortage in the Fairmont Sentinel.

Let’s review what is going on right now in America:

Schools continue to use long term substitutes as a way to mask the critical issue of a shortage of highly qualified teachers - especially in math and science. The latest is from Michigan which hired 20 long term subs even as they close schools and teachers graduating from schools of ed are leaving to find jobs in other states.

This quote from Dominque, the student representative on the school board in Flint Michigan, highlights the issue: