阅读理解：教师短缺，教师职业危机的迹象 练习 2023届高考英语外刊阅读训练

23年高考英语外刊阅读训练——阅读理解：教师短缺，教师职业危机的迹象 ——改编自The Guardian view on teacher shortages: signs of a profession in crisis In the past decade, public sector employees in education have been expected to "do more with less." This has led to stagnant wages and increasing workloads, compounded by the punitive Ofsted inspection process. The result is a potential deprofessionalisation of the education sector that will negatively impact learning. This crisis has been years in the making as a result of austerity, fewer support staff, and below-inflation pay rises. Overall, teacher earnings have fallen by 13% since 2010, with the growing gap between teacher pay and other graduate professions putting particular pressure on secondary schools struggling to recruit maths and science graduates. To make the teaching profession more attractive, the obvious solution is to raise pay. While the government has targeted incentives towards early-career teachers, experienced teachers are still being offered only a meager 3% increase to be taken out of existing school budgets. A bad Ofsted inspection can further exacerbate the problem by making it even harder for schools to recruit, leading to high teacher turnover and making it tougher for school leaders to maintain and improve standards. Disadvantaged schools suffer the most, leaving remaining teachers to take on classes outside their specialism. Teachers live in fear of a bad Ofsted inspection, and replacing the current rating system with a range of indicators could provide parents with information without penalising schools. Burnout is widespread across the sector, and unless salaries are improved, schools will continue to struggle. Ministers should listen to teachers' warnings about the problems caused by Ofsted inspections and take steps to address them. 【重点词汇】 1. public sector 公共领域 2. education 教育 3. do more with less 尽量用更少的资源做更多事情 4. stagnant 停滞不前的 5. workload 工作量 6. punitive 惩罚性的 7. Ofsted 英国政府教育部门下属的学校和儿童机构质量检查机构 8. inspec