Conference Helps Light 'Pathways to Teaching Careers'

Atlanta

In front of banners declaring "Teaching is Fun" and "Be a Teacher," students from the teaching magnet at South Atlanta High School here greeted visiting educators with motivational speeches, poems, and songs about teaching.

But the rousing Nov. 8 welcome was not the only boost for the educators who had come from around the country as part of the "Pathways to Teaching Careers" conference. The teachers, administrators, and recruiters also benefited from the record number of participants, who shared an interest in finding new...