| O'Connell Responds To Education Trends Report |  |  |
| Wednesday, 15 December 2010 09:00 |
“I am pleased that the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning has delved into some of the most urgent issues facing education today, especially the pressure teachers are under to produce student achievement gains without adequate funding or classroom support. It has been extremely difficult for educators to survive these bleak economic times when thousands of teaching jobs didn’t. Don't miss a thing. Get breaking news alerts delivered right to your inbox “Reductions in funding have touched every aspect of education: from teacher morale to enticing new teachers into the classroom to increased class sizes to reductions in subjects. To prepare all students for success in the global economy and to close the achievement gap, we need effective, well-trained teachers in every classroom. “Unfortunately, as the report points out, the state budget crisis is ratcheting down the pipeline of prospective new teachers as just as we face the need to replace nearly a third of our teaching force |
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell released the following statement in response to the 12th annual report issued Tuesday by The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning: California’s Teaching Force 2010: Key Issues and Trends. The report will be posted on the CFTL Web site at