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Across the country, districts are struggling with shortages of teachers, particularly in math, science and special education—a r
Across the country, districts are struggling with shortages of teachers, particularly in math, science and special education—a r
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2017-01-12
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Across the country, districts are struggling with shortages of teachers, particularly in math, science and special education—a result of the layoffs of the recession years combined with an improving economy in which fewer people are training to be teachers. At the same time, a growing number of English-language learners are entering public schools, yet it is increasingly difficult to find bilingual teachers. So schools are looking for applicants everywhere they can—whether out of state or out of country—and wooing candidates earlier and quicker. Some are even asking prospective teachers to train on the job, hiring novices still studying for their teaching credentials, with little, if any, classroom experience.
Louisville, Ky.; Nashville; Oklahoma City; and Providence, R.I., are among the large urban school districts having trouble finding teachers, according to the Council of the Great City Schools, which represents large urban districts. Just one month before the opening of classes, Charlotte, N.C., was desperately trying to fill 200 vacancies.
Nationwide, many teachers were laid off during the recession, but the situation was particularly acute in California, which lost 82,000 jobs in schools from 2008 to 2012, according to Labor Department figures. This academic year, districts have to fill 21,500 slots, according to estimates from the California Department of Education, while the state is issuing fewer than 15,000 new teaching credentials a year.
"We are no longer in a layoff situation," said Monica Vasquez, chief human resources officer for the San Francisco Unified School District, which offered early contracts to 140 teachers last spring in a bid to secure candidates before other districts snapped them up. "But there is an impending teacher shortage," Ms. Vasquez added, before correcting herself: "It’s not impending. It’s here."
With state budgets rallying after the recession, spending on public schools is slowly recovering, helping to fuel some of the hiring. In California, Gov. Jerry Brown persuaded voters in 2012 to pass a sales and income tax measure that raised funding for public schools.
But educators say that during the recession and its aftermath prospective teachers became wary of accumulating debt or training for jobs that might not exist. As the economy has recovered, college graduates have more employment options with better pay and a more glamorous image, like in a rebounding technology sector.
Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of this text?
选项
A、The measures for teachers shortage.
B、The reform of American public schools.
C、The situation of teacher shortage in America.
D、The results of teacher shortage in America.
答案
C
解析
主旨题。根据题干关键词main idea定位至全文。联系上下文可知,全文主要围绕“美国面临教师短缺”这一情况展开论述。首段开篇点题,第二至第五段重点描述了美国一些州出现教师短缺的情况及个别州的应对措施。最后一段暗指美国教师短缺这一状况短期内难以解决。综合选项可知,C项“美国的教师短缺状况”符合题意,为正确答案。A项“教师短缺措施”、B项“美国公立学校改革”和D项“美国教师短缺的结果”均不符合题意,故排除。
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考研英语一
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