Discussions of giving bonuses to teachers of math and science are going around again. People with these skills can make so much more money in the marketplace, few of them go into teaching. True. However, teaching math and science is no more difficult than teaching English, history (ancient, European, American), foreign language, etc. In fact, in many ways it is easier. Math has correct answers; writing is very subjective. Math tests are quick to check; reading 200 papers is tedious and time-consuming.
It is my experience that students who have the most difficulty in science are the ones who don't read well. Oops.
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AUGH!!! Special bonuses for teachers of math & science are rediculous! Raise the salaries for all teachers to a respectful and (business equivalent salary) level and you will attract a lot of great teachers! Every teacher k-12 contributes to the "whole" of a student's learning..you'll never have a brilliant engineering, medical or physics student if they can read, write or calculate first taught by the "lowly" k-6 teachers!! If you really want to help recruit math and sciences teachers in particular...make sure they have great current teaching technology and labs at their disposal. You can't recruit a great biochemistry teacher if they work with 19th century lab materials and practices.
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