Survey: Number of Future Teachers Reaches All-time Low

CAT Tracks Editor's Note:

Well, I guess you don't have to be a potential rocket scientist to realize that teaching is not the way to spend your life...

...reaping what the "reformers" have sown over the past decade plus.

When both Democrats and Republicans engage in constant teacher-bashing, is it any wonder that the long sought after "best and brightest" students (or even the usual suspects) would think twice about entering the profession?

Also...

The decline in enrollment in teacher-education programs can't be chalked up to reformer-favored alternative routes to teaching - i.e. Teach for America (TFA) - which is having its own recruiting woes, closing offices nationwide.