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Re: Testing Math Teachers
Posted:
May 26, 2000 5:09 PM
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Every school system in the Commonwealth will be facing this same
horrendous shortage. Teachers in New York, or any other state for
that matter, will not be crossing state lines to enter the profession
here either. Then our esteemed Board, governor and Commissioner can
look at the MCAS scores and find yet another excuse as to why the
students are not performing as well as they would like on this
test-there won't be anyone left to teach them! Isn't it ironical that
the birthplace of public education is the target of a assassin to that
same form of education?
On 26 May 2000, Bill Kendall wrote:
>There is now a serious math teacher shortage. It will hit the public
>press in a month or so. The schools near Rhode Island & Connecticut
>tell me no one is coming over to Massachusetts from URI or UCONN. The
>teacher mood in RI & Conn is simply better. In Braintree we lost one
>excellent prospect from Bridgewater State becuase he failed the test
a
>second time. Meanwhile, our new teacher, who scored a 100 on the
test,
>is leaving. He knows and loves the math, but cannot cope with the
kids
>who do not. I have interviewed several bonus babies. I cannot gamble
>on them. They know nothing about educational issues, and have never
>faced a room of teenagers. Now, you add to this the new teacher
>testing policy, a policy that will only drive out more teachers (how
>on earth will testing attract people?)and we have the makings of a
>very serious situation that will hurt the economy and reputation of
>this state. Cellucci
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