The wide net you cast in this post makes it both t...

The wide net you cast in this post makes it both thoughtfully stimulating and hard to swallow. Just like our classrooms, the dynamics presented are complex and ever changing requiring action in ways that are not right in every instance.

As a science teacher I am of course drawn to the comment regarding math and science in the global society. Of my graduating geosciences class at UMass in 2006, I was the sole student entering the education field. My choice was driven by a personal calling, but for many science ugrads the lure (particularly with student loans in tow) of higher pay ceilings down the road certainly diminishes the interest in entering the education field.

The future of science education in this nation eats at me frequently as I think about many of my colleagues in masters science ed classes who were not well rehearsed in science but were shooting to become one because "there is higher demand." If science education is being taught primarily by those who see the challenge of job placement in their previous field as too great... then ultimately what does that say about science education? It says to me that something has to disrupt the current trend.