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New Survey Results Find Both Encouraging and Not-So-Encouraging News, When It Comes to American Education Over the Past 25 Years
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HAVE THE PAST 25 YEARS OF REFORM IMPROVED AMERICAN EDUCATION?
ACCORDING TO THE JUST-RELEASED "MET-LIFE SURVEY OF THE
AMERICAN TEACHER: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE", THERE'S BOTH
ENCOURAGING--AND NOT-SO-ENCOURAGING--NEWS. DENNIS WHITE, OF
MET-LIFE FOUNDATION, EXPLAINS...
(WHITE):
"ACCORDING TO THE MET-LIFE SURVEY, TODAY'S TEACHERS
FEEL MORE SATISFIED IN THEIR CAREERS, MORE RESPECTED, AND BETTER
PREPARED, THAN TEACHERS FELT IN 19-84. TODAY'S TEACHERS THINK THAT
ACADEMIC STANDARDS ARE STRONGER--AND VIEW STUDENTS AS BEING BETTER
PREPARED. HOWEVER, THE SURVEY ALSO INDICATES THAT SOME
LONG-STANDING CHALLENGES HAVE ACTUALLY INCREASED, OVER THE YEARS."
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THOSE CHALLENGES INCLUDE POVERTY, AND A LACK OF STUDENT FACILITY IN
ENGLISH: TODAY, ALMOST HALF OF TEACHERS SURVEYED SAY THAT POVERTY
HINDERS LEARNING FOR A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR STUDENTS.
AND, 22-PERCENT OF TODAY'S TEACHERS SAY THAT A LACK OF FACILITY IN
ENGLISH HINDERS LEARNING FOR A QUARTER OF THEIR STUDENTS--A FIGURE
THAT'S DOUBLED SINCE THE LAST TIME THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, IN 19-92.
THE CHALLENGES SEEM GREATEST IN URBAN SCHOOLS. FOR MORE
INFORMATION, VISIT
"MET-LIFE"-DOT-COM-SLASH-"TEACHER-SURVEY".
