What Can You Do with a Major in Education
Chapter One
Majoring in
Education
The United States Department of Education reports that education
is one of the most frequently awarded college degrees in the
nation. In recent time, close to 106,000 education majors have graduated
from college each year. This may not seem surprising in a country
with such a large population; the sheer number of children all but guarantees
that the American education system is one of the nation's major
employers, especially when day care, private and parochial schools, and
other special programs are factored in along with the public schools. In
fact, it is estimated that there are currently some 54,000,000 students
enrolled in grades K-12, and approximately 3,400,000 teachers instructing
them. What may be surprising is the number of liberal arts colleges
and universities that do not offer education as an undergraduate major.
What sets the education major apart from other college majors such
as English or mathematics is that it is connected to a professional field
that is subject to state licensing and oversight. Although the requirements
for a permanent teaching license vary from state to state, there
are some commonalities, including the eventual comple ... read full excerpt from What Can You Do with a Major in Education? ebook
