chuck carter

I think it would have been good to have had the numbers on what part of that tiny 9% had a traditional vs. non-traditional education. I see it as all based on discrimination. Both age and sex. Which is ironic, since most school systems are run by men over the age of forty. Nobody wants to pay anyone for their experience or education, no matter their sex. How about some ideas on how to comabat that? At 9%, yes, we are a minority. Who do we contact that cares? It isn’t politicians. At least not in my part of the world. Yes, in answer to your baited question:) What can we (me) all do? The future looks dim.

I think the “fluff” on NBC news was a crock. I have over 20 yrs experience. School districts everywhere want only the “newbies” that they can pay low salaries to and hope they burn out in a few years for a fresh supply. I predict that in the next 20 years, only about 10% of teachers everywhere will have more than 5 years experience, and the number of males will be non-existant. Which is quite coincidential, because 99% of school districts in my state (Arkansas) are run by men. We have let our own kind push us out of the field and hasten its decline! This site appears to me to be a recruiting ring mainly for new people. Forget us “Old Timers”!