One of my colleagues recently wrote about the pending teacher shortage crisis in the United States, noting the leading factors in this trend: the proportion of teachers nearing retirement, massive teacher layoffs, and the attrition rate of new teachers.
LUANDA/GENEVA/ NEW YORK, 24 OCTOBER 2003 – Angola will take one of its strongest peacetime strides next week when the first stage of the country's massive teacher training is launched.
Massive teacher training to send 1 million Angolan children back to school LUANDA/GENEVA/ NEW YORK, 24 OCTOBER 2003 – Angola will take one of its strongest peacetime strides next week when the first stage of the country's massive teacher training is launched.
"However, for the investment to reach its potential, a massive teacher training exercise must be implemented.
Top leaders in some of the largest districts — in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Washington, D.C., Texas and elsewhere — have come under tremendous pressure: some lost their jobs, one faced a massive teachers strike, and lawsuits have been filed against them, among other things.
Just after Bilderberg, Obama warns of massive layoffs of teachers, police and firefighters.
"It's massive," he says, then, lest he has understated the massive massiveness of massive, adds, "Fucking massive".
The teachers complained of massive paperwork requirements, staff meetings and uncompensated overtime; a third said they had been assaulted by students.
In Houston, school district officials introduced a test score-based evaluation system to determine teacher bonuses, then — in the face of massive protests — jettisoned the formula after one year to devise a better one.
Of massive, faceless destruction.
