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Uncle Sam wants you: In a classroom with a protractor. | Get Schooled

Uncle Sam wants you: In a classroom with a protractor. | Get Schooled

Uncle Sam wants you: In a classroom with a protractor.

The feds want to recruit 10,000 teachers in science, technology, engineering and math over the next two years.

The feds want to recruit 10,000 teachers in science, technology, engineering and math over the next two years.

From the US DOE:

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan today launched a national teacher recruitment campaign during a live MSNBC broadcast as part of the NBC Education Summit in New York. The campaign features a new web sitededicated to providing information and resources for students and prospective teachers — including a new interactive “pathway to teaching” tool designed to help individuals chart their course to becoming a teacher.

“With more than a million teachers expected to retire in the coming years, we have a historic opportunity to transform public education in America by calling on a new generation to join those already in the classroom,” said Secretary Duncan. “We are working with the broader