Friday, March 13, 2009

RUNNING THE NUMBERS

Number of homeless children in Florida: 49,886

National rank of Florida in child homelessness, with 50 being the worst: 46

Percentage of U.S. teachers who reported being "very satisfied" with their careers, as of 2008: 62

Percentage who were "very satisfied" in 1984: 40

Percentage of U.S. teachers who believe that standardized tests help them track student performance: 48

Percentage of U.S. principals who believe this: 79

SOURCES

1, 2: National Center on Child Homelessness http://www.homelesschildrenamerica.org/pdf/rc_full_report.pdf

3, 4, 5, 6 MetLife http://www.metlife.com/assets/cao/contributions/citizenship/teacher-survey-25th-anniv-2008.pdf

 

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