Educational Leadership Article Summary

America's Future Lies in Its Teachers: They need more than an apple nurture and inspire the next generation of leaders

U.S. News & World Report

November 1st, 2009

3.2 million, that is the number of teachers that could very likely retire in the next four years. That is nearly 1/3 of our nation’s teachers today. This is a harsh reality. Nearly 1.2 of our nation’s teachers are baby-boomers and nearing retirement. This article discusses how our nation needs new, passionate teachers to step up and teach our kids. The Department of Education expects nearly 1 million new teachers to be hired within the next five years. It says how many times, teachers can be the some of the most influential in a student’s life whether it’s because they don’t give up on them or they spark a life long curiosity. It discusses different ways that we can try to train teachers to be better leaders, and entice more people into the teaching profession.

This article covers leadership in the classroom. As mentioned before, the author feels that we need to train more teachers, so we have more leaders in our school in the next few years when many teachers are expected to retire. These teachers retiring will affect every student in America, as well as our nation's future because who teaches out students now, will decide how our students will turn out

I agree that often teachers can be the most influential people in a students life. I have had many different teachers who have influenced me and who I have become thus far. We do need to have a great generation of teaches coming up, especially with America falling behind globally in education. The future lies with my generation of students.