Obama Wants $1 Billion For "Master Teachers Corps"

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 19, 2012 @12:06AM from the teaching-the-teachers dept.

theodp writes "The White House has unveiled a proposal to create a national elite teachers corps to reward the nation's best educators in science, technology, engineering and math. In the first year, as many as 2,500 teachers in those subjects would get $20,000 stipends on top of their base salaries in exchange for a multiyear commitment to the STEM Master Teacher Corps. The Obama administration plans to expand the corps to 10,000 nationwide over the next four years, with the ultimate goal that the elite group of teachers will pass their knowledge and skills on to their colleagues to help bolster the quality of teaching nationwide."

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Its a cunning plan by Chrisq · 2012-07-19 00:31 · Score: 4, Funny

The term "corps" gives it away. Once they have signed they will realise that they have signed for military service, and due to a change of plans are due to be deployed in Iraq.
Re:critical thinking by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-19 00:38 · Score: 1, Funny

Maybe someone has the HOTS for OBE Wan Kanobi?