A report on teacher shortages in the U.S. list the following as some of the reasons teachers have elected to leave the profession:
According to the U.S. Department of Education
report on teacher shortages, the teaching areas with the consistent shortage noted nationwide are Special Education, Mathematics, Science and English as a Second Language (ESL).
Not exact matches
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Teacher shortages can be hard to measure because schools use a variety of strategies to ensure that classes are not left without a teacher, including reducing the curriculum on offer, employing less qualified teachers, or increasing class sizes,» ACER Research Fellow and co-author of the survey report, Dr Paul Weldon
Teacher shortages can be hard to measure because schools use a variety of strategies to ensure that classes are not left without a
teacher, including reducing the curriculum on offer, employing less qualified teachers, or increasing class sizes,» ACER Research Fellow and co-author of the survey report, Dr Paul Weldon
teacher, including reducing the curriculum
on offer, employing less qualified
teachers, or increasing class sizes,» ACER Research Fellow and co-author of the survey
report, Dr Paul Weldon, says.
This
report details findings from LPI's 2017 Update
on California's
teacher shortage and offers policy recommendations to address this pressing problem.
Each new school year typically spurs
reporting on the
shortage of
teachers in national and local publications.
This brief summarizes a Learning Policy Institute
report that examines indicators of the current
shortages, discusses their impact
on students, and analyzes factors influencing
teacher supply and demand in California and nationally.
This
report examines
shortage indicators, discusses their impact
on students, analyzes factors that influence
teacher supply and demand in California and nationally, and recommends policies to ensure an adequate supply of fully prepared
teachers where they are needed.
A
report released last week by an independent researcher argues that there is no
teacher shortage in the United States, and that projections that one is
on the horizon are unfounded.
Commenting
on Ofsted's annual
report, Dr Mary Bousted, ATL's general secretary, said: «Ofsted is right to highlight the escalating
teacher shortage, and the damage this does to educating pupils, particularly in disadvantaged areas.
The new
report examines the scope of the
teacher shortage through state and national data
on teacher supply and demand, and explores how local school and university leadership can affect the three main leverage points in the
teacher pipeline: initial preparation, recruitment, and retention.
NSBA's Center for Public Education's recent
report, Fixing the
teacher shortage pipeline, finds that while the nation as a whole is awarding more
teacher licenses, making progress
on this issue lies in getting the right
teachers with the right qualifications to where they are needed the most.
A
report on student activism for education equity stated, «Whatever the risks, there is no
shortage of reasons for
teachers and others to support young peoples» education advocacy work.»
«I think 53 percent of school districts are
reporting having a bilingual
teachers shortage, which are planning to expand their bilingual programs, so this is going to be a huge challenge and something that districts need to be very focused
on,» she said.
The findings of this
report, as well as another newly released
report by the LPI
on teacher shortages, will be the topic of a Washington - based conference
on Thursday.
Table Footnotes: * Job Outlook is based
on projected employment openings from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and state -
reported teacher shortage areas.
In February, Education Week
reported «
Teacher Shortages Put Pressure
on Governors, Legislators.»
Shields also works
on Educator Quality and co-authored LPI's
report, Addressing California's Emerging
Teacher Shortage.
This
report examines
shortage indicators, discusses their impact
on students, analyzes factors that influence
teacher supply and demand in California and nationally, and recommends policies to ensure an adequate supply of fully prepared
teachers where they are needed.