[etni] Increasing Number Of Educators Found To Be Suffering From Teaching Disabilities
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Report: Increasing Number Of Educators Found To Be Suffering From Teaching
Disabilities
The Onion - America's Finest News Source
May 25, 2009
WASHINGTON—A shocking report released by the U.S. Department of Education
this week revealed that a growing number of the nation's educators struggle
on a daily basis with some form of teaching disability.
The study, which surveyed 2,500 elementary and high school level instructors
across the country, found that nearly one out of every five exhibited
behaviors typically associated with a teaching impairment. Among them:
trouble paying attention in school, lack of interest or motivation during
class, and severe emotional issues.
"For teaching-disabled and at-risk educators, just coming to school every
day is a challenge," said Dr. Robert Hughes, a behavioral psychologist and
lead author of the study. "Even simple tasks, like remaining alert and
engaged during lessons, can be a struggle. Unfortunately, unless we take
immediate action, these under-performers will only continue to fall further
behind."
"Our teachers are in trouble," Hughes continued. "Some can't even teach at a
basic sixth-grade level."
As noted in the report, hundreds of schools have already begun setting up
special classrooms in which the teaching- disabled can receive the extra
attention they require, teach at their own unique pace, and be paired up
with patient students who can help to keep them on track.
(To read the whole article, go to -
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/report_increasing_number_of )
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