Monday, September 10, 2012

Education Ride 365: Green Teachers More Visible In Our Schools

Here are some interesting numbers reported in a September 5th USA Today article entitled "More Teachers Green In The Classroom."

• "...teacher attrition rates have risen, from about 10% to 13% for first-year teachers..."
  

• "Between 40% to 50% of those entering the profession now leave within five years..."

• "In the 1987-88 school year...there were about 65,000 first-year teachers; by 2007-08, the number had grown to more than 200,000."
  

• "In the 1987-88 school year...the biggest group of teachers had 15 years of experience. By the 2007-08 school year...the biggest group of teachers had one year experience."

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