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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Wed Apr 13, 2016, 08:22 PM Apr 2016

Local teachers discourage teaching careers

A math program at the U of A got canceled this year after teachers refused to recommend students to pursue careers in education.

"I don't want to impoverish people, by having them become a math teacher, or any teacher," said University High School teacher, DeAnna McDonald.

The University of Arizona Center for Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers was set to host the workshop for high school seniors. Last year, nearly 60 students were referred to the program by their teachers. This year, the center sent out notices to more than 400 educators in Pima County. They did not receive recommendations from a single teacher.

DeAnna McDonald has been an educator for more than 30 years. She teaches statistics at UHS, but can't encourage her students to do the same.

When the U of A asked her to recommend students to the teaching workshop, she didn't respond.

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http://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/teachers-discourage-teaching-careers

"How do you say to a young person in high school, 'I want you to take on college, and I want you to perhaps go into debt, because college is expensive. And then I want you to get out, and I want your yearly salary to be so bad, so low that you're not gonna be able to afford to live."'

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Local teachers discourage teaching careers (Original Post) n2doc Apr 2016 OP

On average, NBA players make $5.15 million, MLB players make $3.2 million, NHL players make $2.4 mil elmac Apr 2016 #1

They never have been. n/t Pakhet Apr 2016 #2

GERMANY Baobab May 2016 #7

Just think, if those organizations paid taxes we could afford to pay the teachers. Loudestlib Apr 2016 #3

In my town it's about $34,000 I think. Dustlawyer Apr 2016 #4

You get what you pay for. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2016 #6

Fact Check=Partly Accurate Baobab May 2016 #8

Sad. How does Norway collect enough to pay teachers more than doctors? Festivito Apr 2016 #5

elmac

(4,642 posts)

1. On average, NBA players make $5.15 million, MLB players make $3.2 million, NHL players make $2.4 mil

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 10:33 PM

Apr 2016

Average Salary for All K-12 Teachers $46,931

I guess our kids futures aren't as important as sports.

Pakhet

(520 posts)

2. They never have been. n/t

Reply to elmac (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 10:53 PM

Apr 2016

Baobab

(4,667 posts)

7. GERMANY

Reply to Pakhet (Reply #2)

Mon May 2, 2016, 09:58 PM

May 2016

educates young people for free, even Americans, and they teach in English

THEY care about the future of humanity.

Loudestlib

(980 posts)

3. Just think, if those organizations paid taxes we could afford to pay the teachers.

Reply to elmac (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 11:15 PM

Apr 2016

Dustlawyer

(10,518 posts)

4. In my town it's about $34,000 I think.

Reply to elmac (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 11:16 PM

Apr 2016

Last week on the same day a math teacher started slapping a kid in the head and ridiculing him and another teacher in the same district body slammed a kid into the lockers send him to the ER with a bruised sternum.

I guess they are a little frustrated too!

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)

6. You get what you pay for.

Reply to Dustlawyer (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 14, 2016, 07:54 AM

Apr 2016

We came to a consensus.... as a society.... during the Bush/Obama era, that we were going to let public ed be driven by 'market forces'.

i.e. Cheap-labor capitalism: tenure, unions, decent pay, teachers who know what they're doing : all OUT.

Data, tech, all variety of gimmicky $$-making "innovations", and low-cost labor: IN.

Result:

>>>Last week on the same day a math teacher started slapping a kid in the head and ridiculing him and another teacher in the same district body slammed a kid into the lockers send him to the ER with a bruised sternum. >>>

But let's not pretend that we haven't produced the circumstances that we *deliberately* set out to produce.

This IS what we wanted.