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Article: How do the new teachers measure up? The "high-aptitude" women who once chose to teach are no longer filling America's classrooms, a study suggests.(FEATURES)(LEARNING)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 8, 2005
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Byline: Teresa Mendez Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
No longer your stereotypical schoolmarm, a schoolteacher today has a profile markedly different from a generation ago. She - teachers are still overwhelmingly female - is less likely to make teaching a lifelong career. Having possibly worked in another field first, she's a bit older than her counterpart 40 years ago. Chances are, she's also more educated.
But there's one shift in the new demographic of teachers that has drawn particular attention - and concern. It seems that fewer "high-aptitude" women - those from the most selective colleges with stellar SAT scores - are becoming ...