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[quote=Anonymous]Thje findings are interesting:

[quote]Other findings were:

— Maryland’s funding system for K-12 education is the 15th most regressive in the nation.

— Maryland is facing teacher shortages, particularly high school teachers and those who teach Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

— Maryland teacher salaries are 40 percent below salaries for professionals with comparable education.

— The interest in teaching is in “great decline” in Maryland, following a trend across the United States.

For example, Kirwan said, the University of Maryland College Park in 2016 admitted 4,500 students, but fewer than 100 identified “teaching” as a career choice. At Towson University, which “is supposed to be our big producer of teachers,” only 5 percent of students are opting for teaching as a career, he said.

— Of those new teachers, only half of them go on to teach at Maryland public schools.

Among the commission’s recommendations, Kirwin said:

— Universal, all-day pre-K for Maryland children.

— “Significantly more” resources being devoted to at-risk students living in areas of concentrated poverty.

— Better preparing teachers for classroom by teaming with school systems where they will be teaching.

— Expanding the pool of “high-quality teachers” by making certification standards more stringent than the current national standardized PRAXIS tests used. Maryland applicants now have a 98.4 percent pass rate of the PRAXIS test – and it should be more difficult than that, Kirwin said.

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