Nay, plenty of public-sector workers such as primary-school teachers, nurses, policemen or train drivers can retire on full pension at the age of 55, or in some cases even 50.
The PAEMST award recognizes outstanding primary-school math and science teachers and is administered by the National Science Foundation on behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
The government has set ambitious targets with few resources to ensure that the country's more than 10m primary- and secondary-school teachers acquire the skills and determination to change the habits of a lifetime.
According to the Department for Education and Skills, 15.7% of primary school teachers in England are male - 26, 200 teachers, compared with 141, 000 female primary teachers.
Only 12% of primary school teachers are male, compared with 38% of secondary school teachers - with the proportions virtually unchanged since last year.
Forty-three percent are primary school teachers, and the overwhelming majority (4.5 million) are women.
Lecturers from the School of Education in the Solomon Islands College of Higher Education were trained during this project to provide in-service teacher training for primary school teachers.
The program administered by NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the State Department is a hands-on, primary and secondary school-based, science and education program that facilitates collaboration among students, teachers, and scientists around the world as they perform inquiry-based investigations of the environment and Earth systems.
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Also expect more support for primary school teachers preparing their children for tests - could, for example, future exams be held within primary schools rather than at the grammar schools?
One of Mr Souza's useful innovations was Fundef, a federal subsidy to raise teachers' pay and other primary-school spending in areas where they were dismally low, principally in the poor north-east.
At mid-day it was high school students, primary and secondary teachers.
While the views of panellists varied widely on the best ways to improve and enhance education, they all agreed that broadband could address educational challenges in a world where 61 million children of primary-school age are not in school, 1.7 million extra teachers are needed and 775 million people, mostly women, are illiterate.
Teachers at a Cornish primary school have started a seven-day strike in a dispute over their workload, pay and conditions.
Alex and Daniel are still able to attend their local village primary school, thanks to one-to-one support and lots of understanding from teachers, but their mum is aware that she will soon have to look for a special needs school to educate them - and that is a scary prospect.
Teachers at a Cornish primary school have walked out in the second phase of a seven-day strike.
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