Teachers leaving profession in droves

CONTRA COSTA TIMES ^ | 04/26/2007 | Shirley Dang

[george76]

Stephan Goyne entered teaching as a "fight the good fight" kind of guy, taking a job in East Oakland right out of college.

"I come from a family of teachers. It wasn't even a question of whether to do that," Goyne said. "The question was whether to do elementary, middle or high school."

But after six years in the trenches -- transferred from campus to campus, forbidden from organizing field trips and ordered to teach math only after lunch -- Goyne left the profession.

Now he works in real estate and runs a Brazilian jiujitsu studio in Oakland.

"That last year, I had enough of it," said Goyne. "The biggest skill you're applying is crowd control. You're not really having a say in the curriculum or what goes into it."

Teachers stifled by bureaucracy and blocked from making decisions in their own classrooms are leaving teaching in droves, according to a new study by Cal State University's Teacher Quality Institute.

Nearly 22 percent of California teachers leave teaching after four years, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. With this type of exodus, the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning projects a 33,000-teacher shortage in California by 2015.

[KTM rider]

They no longer teach how to think, and how to gather and process information,

they are forced to teach what to think

very frightening

[RKV]

If you can do better than teaching (job, colleagues, pay, benefits, lifestyle) by all means do. For my part, I’d totally disestablish public schools and make every parent pay for tuition - cutting taxes to the general public at the same time. If parents paid for their children, we wouldn’t put up with half the cr@p that passes for education now.

[taxesareforever]

Hmm. And all along I thought is was only about money. Now we find out that teachers have no say in the bureacracy and all they do is crowd control. Just as I figured.

[driftdiver]

but but but its the fact we’re not paying someone teaching 2+2 = 5 $85,000 a year thats the problem.

[Tzimisce]

Let’s solve this the liberal way: pass a law forcing them to stay teachers.

[LibFreeOrDie]

"...said they left mainly because of the endless amounts of paperwork, constant interruptions and fruitless meetings..."

And how is that different from any other job?

[randyclark]

btt

[EagleUSA]

They no longer teach how to think, and how to gather and process information,

they are forced to teach what to think

very frightening

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Everything the repressive socialist touch....turns to crap. Our government education system has been no exception. California was the leader in the nation in education quality -— until the liberal mind police took over while complacent partents stood by -— now California is at the BOTTOM.

[airborne]

Good post!!

[Old Student]

“And how is that different from any other job?”

Why don’t you try it and see?

[LibFreeOrDie]

I did! For 19 years.

[sageb1]

Get the federal government out of the education business.

[LonePalm]

Teachers leaving profession unions in droves.

There, title fixed.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[ClearCase_guy]

They no longer teach how to think, and how to gather and process information

I believe this came about under the term "Critical Thinking Skills". When that term began to be applied is when they stopped teaching how to think and just demanded that everyone toe the party line.

Leftists love to twist vocabulary.

[alrea]

I’d totally disestablish public schools and make every parent pay for tuition - cutting taxes to the general public at the same time. If parents paid for their children, we wouldn’t put up with half the cr@p that passes for education now.

brilliant

[familyop]

"Teachers Men leaving profession teaching jobs in droves (even though most teachers are now overpaid--local elementary school teacher getting over 43k per nine months).

[familyop]

"For my part, I’d totally disestablish public schools and make every parent pay for tuition - cutting taxes to the general public at the same time. If parents paid for their children, we wouldn’t put up with half the cr@p that passes for education now."

But homeschooling parents shouldn't have to pay for children of others, IMO. Many of the private schools are just as bad as public schools.

[evad]

For my part, I’d totally disestablish public schools and make every parent pay for tuition - cutting taxes to the general public at the same time.

I'm starting to believe that is the case with education and almost everything else...except defense. If you use it, make it private because there is very little taught in a public school that is worth learning.

Once we have Hillary Health Care, the same will apply there.

[RKV]

Socialized medicine will be like going to the department of motor vehicles.