PREDICTIONS FOR 2012
1. The hot topic for teacher workshops will be about overcoming the stereotype that girls are not as interested in, and adept at math and science as boys.
2. Several states will begin to legalize internet gambling and tax it as an additional source of revenue to fund schools.
3. There will be a shortage of teachers as many of the older ones take early retirement because of their disgust with the “teach to the test mentality”.
4. The notion that teacher salaries and pensions have contributed to the financial demise of the states will begin to disappear as the economy improves.
5. The old inner city school buildings that need replacing because of structural problems will be rebuilt as