As teaching gets tougher, ed degrees take a nosedive nationally.

President Bush signing the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act at Hamilton H.S. in Hamilton, Ohio. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

http://chronicle.com/article/Education-Degree-Programs/149277/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

No Child Left Behind, mainstreaming of disabled and mentally challenged children, standardized testing, attacks on teachers' unions and loss of collective bargaining rights, loss of benefits… just a few of the reasons young people may be turning away from K-12 teaching careers.