Every parent wants the best teachers for their children.
Most if not all would argue that they expect certified teachers in the classroom and will settle for no less. This reasoning sounds good and it is a logical position to believe that certified teachers are more proficient at mastering the tools of a productive educational experience. If you are puzzled, we must look deeper into our misguided notions of what certification really means. At the same time we also need to deal with the problem of massive teacher shortages that have already begun in our nation's schools. The baby boomers who have been hiding out in our schools are retiring and unless you want Johnny in a classroom with 50 other little darlings or worse yet placed in front of a computer screen for six hours a day, we need to change our thinking in regard to certification.