We decided to take advantage of the depth and duration of these data to explore our questions about the demographic status of the teaching profession. (ascd.org)
The relatively low status of teaching as a profession is often given as a factor contributing to the difficulty of recruiting teachers, the middling performance of American students on international assessments, and the well - documented decline in the relative academic ability of teachers through the 1990s. (caldercenter.org)
While previous studies suggest that reasons such as low salary, low status of the teaching profession and even negative perceptions of men who choose to teach young children may be driving men away from the teaching profession, the authors argue that the observed imbalance is also likely to limit the way in which children view men in professional contexts. (educationmattersmag.com.au)