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An American Imperative: Transforming the Recruitment , Retention, and Renewal of Our Nation's Mathematics and Science Teaching Work Force
Ohanian Comment: Call me skeptical, but I'd really like to see evidence that there are jobs for twice the number of science, math, and engineering majors. I wonder if these businesses will commit themselves to not outsourcing the jobs.
Note that there is no commitment of business and higher-education leaders to increase the number of nursing majors or the number of doctors to work in high poverty areas.
I invite you to read Shell Game: Corporate Americas Agenda by Clint Boutwell, published by Phi Delta Kappa. Boutwell shows how corporate America's push for more 'world-class' educated workforce goes hand-in-hand with downsizing. The book is ten years old but more relevant than ever. Out of print, it is available at Amazon used books for $1.98.
Report: An American Imperative: Transforming the Recruitment, Retention, and Renewal of Our Nation's Mathematics and Science Teaching Work Force
Executive Summary
American students today have limited interest in studying mathematics and
science, and academic achievement in these two foundational disciplines is
demonstrably low. This bleak reality poses an acute challenge to our ability
to keep American society intellectually vibrant and to ensure that our economy
is globally competitive. It is a national imperative, therefore, that we improve
achievement by all students in mathematics and science and attract more
individuals into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
careers. Accomplishing these crucial goals will require nothing short of transformational
change in our nation’s educational system and, in particular, our
mathematics and science teaching workforce.
This transformation must focus on two fundamental issues—the quality of the teaching workforce
and the growing shortfall of teachers. Research has established that the quality of P–12 mathematics and science teaching is the single most important factor in improving student performance in these disciplines.
In addition, the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) has projected that our nation will need more than 280,000 new mathematics and science teachers by 2015. This shortage is particularly acute in classrooms that serve our nation’s poorest students.
“An American Imperative: Transforming the Recruitment, Retention, and Renewal of Our Nation’s Mathematic and Science Workforce” provides a comprehensive action plan to address these fundamental issues and ensure that every child has a teacher with the content expertise, pedagogical mastery, and professional support necessary to develop the skills they will need to succeed in a dynamic global economy and society.
Three Key Components: Recruitment, Retention, and Renewal
BHEF’s plan to elevate the status of the teaching profession focuses on transforming three key
components that contribute to a robust,world-class teaching workforce, including:
n RECRUITMENT, including teacher enlistment strategies, preparation programs,
and licensure.
n RETENTION, encompassing strategies and programs to keep new teachers
in the classroom and retain experienced teachers.
n RENEWAL, a focus on teacher professional development, license renewal,
and assessment of teacher quality and student outcomes.
The recommendations in “An American Imperative” are the result of a major BHEF initiative,
“Securing America’s Leadership in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)” that has as its goal the doubling of the number of college students with degrees in STEM fields.
— Business-Higher Education Forum,
An American Imperative: Transforming the Recruitment, Retention, and Renewal of Our Nation's Mathematics and Science Teaching Work Force
2007-06-11
http://www.powelltate.com/bhef/BHEFReportEmbargoed.pdf
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