By MAREN WRIGHT, Capital News Service
By MAREN WRIGHT, Capital News Service
Published
04/08/09
WASHINGTON - Maryland is prepared for the twin education trends of an aging teaching force and young teachers giving up the profession early, according to data from the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future.
The organization held a briefing Tuesday to release a report showing that half the nation's teachers will reach retirement age in the next 10 years.
Add that to the 50 percent of new teachers who change careers in five years or less and you have the makings of a teacher shortage, said commission President Tom Carroll.
Maryland is a bit luckier. Teachers trained at the University of Maryland, College...
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