Missouri needs Math teachers
October 2nd, 2009 | Published in Client Posts, Missouri Education Reform Council
In 1994, Missouri had the 3rd-most math teachers with majors in their fields of any state. By 2000, Missouri had fallen to the 46th slot: quite a drastic loss of well-qualified math teachers.
Missouri has the opportunity to compete for unprecedented grants through Race to the Top: these grants would be a way to implement and experiment with education reforms. One thing the Department of Education could consider is merit pay to encourage math majors to enter teaching. So many would-be teachers are turned off by the tenure track that doesn’t compensate them by merit like the private sector would.
We are desperately in need of new, high-quality teachers, and we know that there is money available for the express purpose of offering merit pay to encourage and keep good teachers. Missouri can’t hesitate to pay our good teachers for the excellent work they do.
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