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Few High School Students Are Interested in Teaching. But Better Pay Could Help

The following content is reprinted with permission from Education Week:

High school students who are thinking about becoming teachers would be more interested in the profession if it paid more, according to a new survey from ACT, the college-admissions testing organization.

The survey, which about 2,400 students took during a national ACT administration in the 2017-2018 school year, looks at which students want to be teachers, what's drawing high schoolers to the profession, and what about the job would need to change for more students to express interest....Read More
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