With too few excellent math instructors, why can't we use technology to help close
the teacher talent gap?
Not exact matches
«The
gap has widened,» said Singer, «and it represents a tremendous amount of untapped
talent out there [among students who could be] future
teachers.»
According to Mckinsey's «Closing the
Talent Gap: Attracting and Retaining Top - Third Graduates to Careers in Teaching», in the United States for example, only 23 percent of new
teachers come from the top third, and just 14 percent are in high poverty schools, where the difficulty of attracting and retaining talented
teachers is particularly acute.
Losing vital financial resources for professional development risks increased
teacher turnover, which would exacerbate
talent shortages and achievement
gaps, while severely constraining educators» ability to learn and enact 21st - century instructional strategies.