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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 58979" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Oh, Nancy. This opens up a big can of worms. As far as charter schools, I know that many think that they are the answer to the ills of public schools but I don't agree. Things you have pointed out ~ teachers without credentials ~ are just one of the problems. From what I can see, many charter schools end up doing no better than the public schools and in many cases, doing worse. That, of course, is just my personal opinion.</p><p></p><p>As far as whether people coming in to teach without an education degree being fair, again, in my opinion, no. But there is a coming crisis in education as the baby boomer generation retires where there will simply not be enough teachers. Particularly in fast growing areas like the south.</p><p></p><p>There was an article recently in our newspaper that showed the majors of the current class of graduates from Georgia colleges in the field of education. There was ONE physics major with an education degree. Who is going to teach physics to our kids?</p><p></p><p>At the high school level, I think it is easier to bring in people to teach without an education degree since the classes are heavily content based. As I said in my earlier post, I have seen some people come in from a business background and be successful. I have also seen some of these people eaten alive by a rowdy ninth grade algebra class.</p><p></p><p>At the early and middle levels, I think it is more important to have people trained in education. I would not even know where to begin teaching math to little kids despite my math background. I think that takes the kind of training that you describe. I don't know of any elementary teacher in my area that did not have an education degree but I'm sure that it happens in other areas.</p><p></p><p>I do know that getting a teaching job is much harder up north. I went to college in the midwest and was told at the time (many years ago) that someone would have to die before a teaching job opened up. I moved to Florida and got a job immediately. If your daughter really wants to teach, she might have to move to a growing area and go the provisional certificate route.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 58979, member: 1967"] Oh, Nancy. This opens up a big can of worms. As far as charter schools, I know that many think that they are the answer to the ills of public schools but I don't agree. Things you have pointed out ~ teachers without credentials ~ are just one of the problems. From what I can see, many charter schools end up doing no better than the public schools and in many cases, doing worse. That, of course, is just my personal opinion. As far as whether people coming in to teach without an education degree being fair, again, in my opinion, no. But there is a coming crisis in education as the baby boomer generation retires where there will simply not be enough teachers. Particularly in fast growing areas like the south. There was an article recently in our newspaper that showed the majors of the current class of graduates from Georgia colleges in the field of education. There was ONE physics major with an education degree. Who is going to teach physics to our kids? At the high school level, I think it is easier to bring in people to teach without an education degree since the classes are heavily content based. As I said in my earlier post, I have seen some people come in from a business background and be successful. I have also seen some of these people eaten alive by a rowdy ninth grade algebra class. At the early and middle levels, I think it is more important to have people trained in education. I would not even know where to begin teaching math to little kids despite my math background. I think that takes the kind of training that you describe. I don't know of any elementary teacher in my area that did not have an education degree but I'm sure that it happens in other areas. I do know that getting a teaching job is much harder up north. I went to college in the midwest and was told at the time (many years ago) that someone would have to die before a teaching job opened up. I moved to Florida and got a job immediately. If your daughter really wants to teach, she might have to move to a growing area and go the provisional certificate route. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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