low. and you would never get into a situation where you were vaccinating children for the benefit of adults and that you have been double vaccinated, as i hope have almost all of the teaching workforce, that is going to be really important, but matters on vaccination of children are still under consideration by the jcvi and it is going to be a difficult and finely balanced decision that they need to take time over and i don t think they should be rushed into it, so we are all going to have to wait for the advice they give. find going to have to wait for the advice the rive. l, l, they give. and i did have one further question, they give. and i did have one further question, sorry. - they give. and i did have one further question, sorry. ofi they give. and i did have one - further question, sorry. of course. if there further question, sorry. of course. if there is further question, sorry. of course. if there is a further question, sorry. of course. if there is a third further
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looking at countries that jout perform us, finland, south korea, singapore, they re getting the best and brightest to go into education. we want to replicate that. five years from now i would like the best teaching workforce in the world. that s what we re committed to doing. let s give you hard statistics, however. we re in an economic downturn. in the 2010-2011 school district, 80% of the schools in the country will eliminate as many as 27,000 jobs. that doesn t look like the most promising job market to a lot of people trying to assess for their immediate future, maybe. well, it s a little bit tough short term. today, tom, if you look at teach.gov, there are a couple thousand teacher jobs available today. in january we have another set of folks retiring. there will be many more job opportunities. as the economy bounces back, you ll see the numbers change. we have to look over the horizon. big picture, we re going to need a million new teachers. this is going to be a booming sect
leading the world in college graduates? a couple numbers before we take a break and then we ll come back and hear from the audience and college campuses around the country. there are about 17% of the student population made up of african-americans, but only 7% of the teachers are african-americans. latino students, 21%. teachers, 7%, and washington, d.c. with michelle reid, she went out and actively recruited african-american males because there are not enough role models in the classroom. we talk about a million new teachers, that ha to be a diverse workforce. i ll give you tougher numbers. less than 1 in 50, less than 2% of the teachers are african-american males. if you put african-american males and hispanics together it s 3 pntd 5% of the teaching workforce. our young boys of color desperately need mentors, role models and coaches to help them aspire to do something positive. many of them grow up in single-parent homes. we re going to have a huge focus on diversity and a huge