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By Ted Sanders
President, Education Commission of the States
Not since the Soviet Union's launch of the Sputnik satellite – 47 years ago this week – has the need to improve science and mathematics education in America been as clear and as urgent as it is today. And never has it been more apparent that the pivot point for change and improvement is the nation's teachers and the institutions that train them.
The discipline of education is one of the largest markets for degrees and credentials offered by colleges and universities. In fact, the number of students seeking education jobs has risen significantly in recent years. Eduventures estimates that, in terms of the tuition revenue, the field of education as a curricular area is an $11.1 billion market in the 2003-2004 academic year.
Special education teachers held a total of about 433,000 jobs in 2002. A great majority, almost 90 percent, work in public schools. Another 7 percent work at private schools. About half work in elementary schools. A few worked for individual and social assistance agencies or residential facilities, or in homebound or hospital environments.
The education business becomes even more demanding when districts can hire every graduate in their home state who seeks a teaching career, and still not hire adequate numbers to fill all open positions.
New Teacher Resource Prompts Teachers to Listen, Learn, Share Practices to Improve Student Achievement.
Why do people teach? Reasons to become a teacher are as diverse as the subjects they plan to teach. Motives range from inspiration drawn from a favorite teacher of their own - to a sense of commitment to community or nation - to an intellectual fascination with a given discipline, such as English literature or the physical sciences.
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