Supporting The Troops; CLINTON/OBAMA-Style!!!

[Mr. Shaman]

How encouraging, developing teachers with real-life/applicable-experiences!!!!​

"Troops to Teachers, which has placed about 11,500 teachers nationwide in 15 years, is one way the Obama administration aims to draw more men and minorities into schools and fill demand in the fields of math, science and special education.

Nearly 40 percent of Troops to Teachers participants are members of racial or ethnic minorities. The program has put more than 2,000 black men into classrooms.

The recruits are producing results. A recent study found that Florida students taught by Troops to Teachers participants made greater gains in reading than peers taught by teachers with similar classroom experience. In math, students in Troops to Teachers classrooms outperformed those in other classes -- even when the other teacher had more years under his belt.

Troops to Teachers, launched in 1994 as the military was downsizing, offers up to $5,000 for courses needed to become a teacher, as well as a bonus of up to $5,000. In return, candidates agree to teach at least three years in a school district where many students live in poverty. The program receives $14.4 million a year from the Department of Education but is operated by the Department of Defense."​

 

[Mare Tranquillity]

How encouraging, developing teachers with real-life/applicable-experiences!!!!​

Nice! Every little bit helps. Thanks.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Nice! Every little bit helps. Thanks.

There used to be an oft-used sentiment:

"Those that can, DO. Those that can't, TEACH."

I'm sure it wasn't a favorite, of teachers....well, the good-ones, anyhow....but, to have teachers who could demonstrate the application of (whatever) the subject-at-hand is, to a real-life scenerio, it'd have to be more-meaningful to students; hardly a little-bit of help.​

 

[Phoenix68]

How encouraging, developing teachers with real-life/applicable-experiences!!!!​

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