So where does that leave us, as Hoosiers. Not all of us are teachers. Why should the budget crisis of Tri-County School Corporation worry someone from Indianapolis, or from Terre Haute? The day-to-day operations of school districts might seem minimal in the face of larger issues the state is facing.
But this line of thinking fails to take into account what is true of Tri-County and any other school district in the state. Schools are responsible for producing entire generations of Hoosiers. The students that will emerge from the Indiana Public Education system in just over two weeks are the individuals who will one day constitute a significant portion of the workforce. They will be our doctors, lawmakers, teachers, inventors, and therapists. …show more content…
Our various education reforms are putting current students down a different path than those who graduated even a few years before them. And that path is not necessarily good. In fact, consequences of our education reforms are already beginning to surface. The biggest one in recent years? The Indiana teacher shortage.
There have been a number of negative consequences of Indiana education reform, but the Indiana teacher shortage is perhaps the most poignant because it is still being debated and is a matter of great concern to state officials, who are still trying to determine its cause.
However, simply asking the question: what recent change may have caused this trend, would easily lead back to the problem. Indiana’s various reforms have turned education into a low-morale, high-demand career path, which more and more college students are reluctant to pursue. Teachers are leaving the profession, either retiring or pursuing less stressful careers, and there are less graduates waiting to fill their empty places. This is a problem that educators are constantly trying to draw attention to; whether the state committee’s findings reflect educators’ reports is yet to be
But this line of thinking fails to take into account what is true of Tri-County and any other school district in the state. Schools are responsible for producing entire generations of Hoosiers. The students that will emerge from the Indiana Public Education system in just over two weeks are the individuals who will one day constitute a significant portion of the workforce. They will be our doctors, lawmakers, teachers, inventors, and therapists. …show more content…
Our various education reforms are putting current students down a different path than those who graduated even a few years before them. And that path is not necessarily good. In fact, consequences of our education reforms are already beginning to surface. The biggest one in recent years? The Indiana teacher shortage.
There have been a number of negative consequences of Indiana education reform, but the Indiana teacher shortage is perhaps the most poignant because it is still being debated and is a matter of great concern to state officials, who are still trying to determine its cause.
However, simply asking the question: what recent change may have caused this trend, would easily lead back to the problem. Indiana’s various reforms have turned education into a low-morale, high-demand career path, which more and more college students are reluctant to pursue. Teachers are leaving the profession, either retiring or pursuing less stressful careers, and there are less graduates waiting to fill their empty places. This is a problem that educators are constantly trying to draw attention to; whether the state committee’s findings reflect educators’ reports is yet to be