Sentences with phrase «shrinking teacher supply»

Because the causes of our shrinking teacher supply are not entirely clear, it is difficult to know how best to respond.

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The government blames improvements in the economy, a shrinking graduate pool and greater competition in the labour market for making it «more difficult for the education system to meet the demand for additional teachers domestically», and says overseas recruitment will be pursued as a «supplementary avenue of teacher supply».

States can take actions to pump up the supply of stronger teachers by using data on the effectiveness of graduates to improve teacher training programs, expanding those that produce strong teachers and shrinking or closing those that do not.

After estimating that new teacher supply has declined by more than 20 percent between 2007 and 2016, they calculate that implementing high - stakes evaluation reform and repealing tenure shrunk the teacher labor supply.

Potentially further shrinking the state's teacher supply are anticipated new retirements, as increasing numbers of Baby Boomer teachers reach retirement age.

It is nevertheless plausible that a shrinking supply of teachers increases principals» uncertainty about their prospects for finding superior replacements for unsatisfactory members of their staffs, especially for certain harder - to - staff teaching positions.

Our new research shows that the educator workforce in Greater Milwaukee is stretched, with districts struggling to retain current teachers and the supply of new teachers to fill vacancies shrinking over a recent five - year period.

Data examined in the study revealed the metro Milwaukee region has a shrinking supply of new teachers to replace existing teachers reaching retirement age, which account for nearly half of all teachers who leave.

This report will describe how the shortcomings of today's education system and the underachievement of many of today's students of color shrink the future supply of teachers of color.

This is particularly difficult at a time when the supply of teachers is constrained by high turnover rates, annual retirements of longtime teachers, and a decline in students opting for a teaching career — and when demand for teachers is rising due to rigorous national student performance standards and many locales» mandates to shrink class sizes.

Part of the story is that teacher supply is shrinking.

79 % of the districts that reported shortages say that they are experiencing shortages because of the shrinking supply of newly credentialed teachers.