The AP (12/15) reports, "The number of public school teachers has reached a decade-low in California, and the job is getting less attractive amid state budget cuts," according to a new study released Monday by the nonprofit Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning. The number of teachers in the state has dropped from 310,361 in 2008 to a 10-year low of "just under 300,000 this year," the report says. The Sacramento Bee (12/14, Gutierrez) reported that the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning attributes the drop to "massive cuts to education over the past three years" that "have made it difficult for teachers to meet rising expectations."
The Bakersfield Californian (12/15) editorializes that the reduction in California's teaching force is "an alarming trend, made worse by our longstanding tendency as Americans to undervalue the honorable profession of teaching." The Californian asserts, therefore, "We need to chip away at that perception before we're forced to put automatons in charge of packed classrooms."
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