Fall 2009 • Volume 7 • Issue 3
More babies were born in 2007 than in any year in American history, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. A steady stream of births and waves of both legal and illegal immigrants promise to flood the nation’s schools at the same time that many baby boomer teachers retire, prompting many experts to predict a major teacher shortage for public schools. Shortages will be particularly acute in science, math, and other specialty subjects, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Special education and urban school districts are expected to suffer heavily.
