Science and math teachers needed

Cybergal · Dec 29, 2008

More science and math teachers in the US

New Bedford, Mass. Jeremy Kennefick and Geoffrey Gailey are both new science teachers, one a career-changer, the other fresh out of graduate school. Both are teaching in high-poverty districts, where the needs are greatest. And both are surrounded by a rare level of support financial incentives, mentors, and groups of other new teachers to consult with as they grow in the profession.
It's no easy task to recruit people with proclivities for science into schools and to keep them long enough to nurture a talent for teaching. But over the next decade, schools will need 200,000 or more new teachers in science and math, according to estimates by such groups as the Business-Higher Education Forum in Washington. Already, many districts face shortages: In at least 10 states, fewer than 6 out of 10 middle-school science teachers were certified when the Council of Chief School Officers compiled a report last year.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081229/ts_csm/abeaker
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GAPrincess · Feb 13, 2009

This is actually old news. There isn't a school district in the country that has enough good math and science teachers. If your kid has one consider yourself and them very lucky.

I may be mistaken, but I think Massachusetts was the first state to offer signing bonuses for teachers. I think that was about 19 years ago though. Not sure if they are still doing it.

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