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To: Amelia
Why isn't there a glut of teachers?

Is there a shortage somewhere? Here, when they had to hire a couple dozen teachers a few years ago )because of changes in the State Retirement plan that gave some an incentive to get out) 3,000 people applied for those 30 positions. Sounds like a glut to me.

236 posted on 06/17/2006 11:36:26 AM PDT by Kay Ludlow (Free market, but cautious about what I support with my dollars)
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To: Kay Ludlow

At my kids school this year, when teachers quit they couldn't find teachers to replace them.


245 posted on 06/17/2006 11:55:52 AM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: Kay Ludlow
Is there a shortage somewhere? Here, when they had to hire a couple dozen teachers a few years ago )because of changes in the State Retirement plan that gave some an incentive to get out) 3,000 people applied for those 30 positions. Sounds like a glut to me.

On reading the working conditions in your #235, I can understand why. ;-)

It depends on the field and the location. On the secondary level, I think social studies and English teachers are relatively easy to find, science, math, and foreign language teachers are more difficult, as are special education teachers.

254 posted on 06/17/2006 12:05:12 PM PDT by Amelia (Education exists to overcome ignorance, not validate it.)
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