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July 12, 2006
The College Board proposes a national "Teachers' Trust"In a move that would "leave no educator behind," The College Board's Center for Innovative Thought announced its proposal for a public-private "Teachers' Trust" which, among other things, calls for the financing of immediate pay increases for teachers. In a report entitled Teachers and the Uncertain American Future, a six-part plan is outlined. In addition to the salary increases, the Center calls for "making teacing a preferred profession, creating multiple pathways into teaching, closing the teacher-diversity gap, addressing the math and science crisis, and creating the funds necessary to carry out these initiatives through the Teachers' Trust."
The report estimates that the annual costs of teacher turnover are at least 50 percent of leaving teachers' salaries and notes
The state of American math and science teaching is at the "crisis" stage, says the panel, with almost 30 percent of middle school students taught by unqualified biology teachers, a figure that rises to 40 percent in the physical sciences (chemistry, geology, and physics). At the high school level, between 8 and 15 percent of all students are instructed by teachers who do not hold major or minor degrees, or certification, in teaching the subject. Meanwhile, less than half of high school graduates are ready for college-level math and science. "How does a nation that has bet its future on innovation and technology tolerate this state of affairs?" asks the report.
For more information, read the full report here and the press release here.
Posted July 12, 2006 3:56 PM | Teachers
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