Saturday, December 8, 2012

Pass / Fail : California sees fewer teachers as enrollment trends up | 89.3 KPCC

Pass / Fail : California sees fewer teachers as enrollment trends up | 89.3 KPCC:


California sees fewer teachers as enrollment trends up

Challenger SchoolA student at Christa McAuliffe High School in Challenger probation camp listens to a teacher lecture about math. “The kids are beginning to see that somebody really cares about their environment, and they’re taking better care of it themselves,” said L.A. County Office of Education Superintendent Arturo Delgado. Credit: Tami Abdollah/KPCC
Years of pink slips have taken a toll on California's teachers to be sure, but the dim job market has also had an impact on people wanting to become teachers at a time when the state's population of children reaching school