<p>kayf and marian–
Thank you for your responses. Yes, I am old enough to remember well when teaching, nursing and flight attendant were the female careers. And yes, the changes no doubt have resulted in the loss of many top-caliber women from teaching. I think what confused me from your earlier post was you were actually outlining two different concepts (pay differentials for math teachers, and the loss of top women from the teaching profession) and I didn’t catch it.</p>
<p>I am very, very fascinated with your school’s idea to use parent volunteers to run math labs in the elementary schools. I think this idea has great merit and I would be interested in hearing any further information you might have about the practice. I think this could not only help struggling students but provide a venue for gifted math students to receive extra stimulation. Do they ever use the volunteers in this manner?</p>
<p>I would like to see a thread on using volunteers in the public schools to help instruction.</p>