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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been a high school counselor in both dcps and mcps. In 16 years i have never had one single student who was interested  in becoming a teacher.

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Interesting.  I teach in DCPS and have had kids interested in becoming teachers every year.  Several have become teachers and several are in grad school to become teachers.[/quote]

You are clearly inspiring your students. Thank you. The trends pointing to a declining teacher workforce are pretty stark:

“Even as the population of college students has increased by 150% since 1970, the number of bachelor's degrees in education has plummeted by almost 50% — a steeper drop than that for English, literature and foreign language majors.” 
— CBS News Jul 17, 2023
[i]Education was once the No. 1 major for college students. Now it's an afterthought. [/i]https://www.cbsnews.com/news/education-majors-colleges-decline-teacher-pay/ [/quote]

This is probably a good thing. Education as an undergraduate major is pretty useless. One would do better to study a specialty instead (Math, Biology, History, Computer Science) and then become a teacher.[/quote]

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