“When I was teaching, I found myself in love with teaching, but completely disgusted by the education system that we were working in,” remarked Meghan Groome, Director of the K-12 Education Initiative at the New York Academy of Sciences.
Fortunately, Groome had the resolve and the resources “to use her skills in education to make a difference” outside of the classroom. Unfortunately, not everyone has this persistence, and many highly qualified and motivated new teachers burn out from exhaustion, frustration, or dissatisfaction with their profession and ultimately leave teaching or education altogether.
On March 7, 2012, the Academy and Demos brought together experts and professionals from all aspects of education at Do I Stay or Do I Go? The Role of Retention Strategies in STEM Education Reform, a panel discussion focusing on the reasons STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) teachers in particular leave the profession and on generating possible ways to prevent a loss of valuable educators in STEM disciplines.
The Academy and Demos presented the event in March of 2012 and here is the multimedia eBriefing of the panel discussion. Stay tuned for more media about the topic.
