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Originally Posted by Sliver
It's from a biased source - the National Education Association, a teachers union who is " committed to advancing the cause of public education." Where is the source for their claim, and why are teachers leaving? Is it because they are underpaid as the article suggests? Not very convincing when the teacher they highlight is a mother of three - I know I pay $1,800 for childcare for my kids...if I had three kids it would be $2,400/month. No kidding she can't afford to work while paying for childcare - but that's not because she's an underpaid teacher, it's because she decided to have a family and now has to make sacrifices.
More importantly, however, is you can't compare teachers in the States to teachers in Canada. They are paid very well here. We really do need Canadian stats from a reliable source if you're going to try to convince me 50% of teachers quit after five years. Seriously, does anybody believe that? It would also be important to see why they quit. I'm sure it's not to find more holiday time somewhere else since that's impossible. |
After 5 years half of all teachers quit. The teacher's colleges talk about it, the province talks about it, the school boards talk about it, the education academics talk about it, the union talks about. You can say that you don't believe it but that doesn't mean it isn't a serious problem that is going on in the profession.