Sentences with phrase «teacher licensure particularly»

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These bureaucratic hurdles are particularly absurd when some states have shortages so severe that they have to recruit teachers from other countries, such as the Philippines, to find qualified candidates.26 Though teacher shortages are the product of several shortcomings in the teacher pipeline, including low teacher salaries and poor working conditions, licensure can serve as a meaningful lever to begin to address teacher vacancies.

Further, Texas's licensure loopholes are particularly worrisome, as the state has strong subject - matter requirements for elementary teachers that are potentially sabotaged by the fact that teachers who have not passed licensure tests are allowed to be in the classroom for up to three years.

But changes to Indiana's teacher licensure rules are in the works, and the already - complex process has become particularly contentious.