Short on teachers or not? (Update: education news from schools, business, research and).The slumping Slumping is a categorical description of an area of techniques for the forming of glass through the use of heating glass to the point where it becomes plastic. It is generally formed by the force of gravity. economy seems to be easing the teacher shortage. But experts say this blip in the stats may not be what it appears. The American Association American Association refers to one of the following professional baseball leagues:
* In Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , 48 percent of teachers hired in 2002 were fully certified See certification. , versus only 40 percent in 2001, says Deborah Hirsch, who handles hiring certified personnel. But what these figures don't reveal is that the district hired only 2,300 teachers in 2001, versus 4,000 in 2000 because budget cuts forced an increase in class sizes. * New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. hired 8,000 new teachers, effectively ending its shortage, but only after a new contract raised the starting teacher salary more than 20 percent to $39,000. * Atlanta-area schools point to Gwinnett County as an indicator of their improving situation. In July of 2001, they needed 200 teachers for the coming year. This past July, the number was 92. * Hawaii's Education Department reports 136 teacher vacancies this school year, down from more than 400 last year. www.aaee.org, www.rnt.org |
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