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- Title: Help Wanted: Seeking the Critical Confluence of Minorities in Teaching (Issues on Education) (Report)
- Author : Childhood Education
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,Nonfiction,Family & Relationships,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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The teaching force in the United States is facing an impending crisis, one that Scherff (2008) describes as a "perfect storm," due to massive retirements, increasing impractical mandates related to the No Child Left Behind Act, and an alarmingly high teacher attrition rate. Currently, it is estimated that approximately one-third of teachers leave the field within three years, and nearly half of teachers leave within five years (Alliance for Excellent Education, 2005; Ingersoll, 2003). Thus, schools are often losing teachers before they reach their most experienced and effective years (Hopkins, 2008). Indeed, Ingersoll (2003) has referred to education as the proverbial revolving door. This unprecedented crisis in both the supply and retention of highly qualified teachers has devastating implications. For starters, the economic impact is overwhelming, costing the nation billions of dollars per year. Moreover, and more important, children, and most often those in low-economic areas, are left with inexperienced teachers who may be less likely to offer an initial quality education (Futernick, 2007; National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 2007).