As educators specializing in
teacher pipeline issues, we contend that diversifying the teaching profession is an act of disrupting educational inequities.
Not exact matches
There will be perennial fights over funding, charter expansion, and the
teacher pipeline, but what's the next big
issue to captivate lawmakers on the education front?
These two poll findings support National Board President and CEO Ron Thorpe's call in the September
issue of Kappan to create a universal one - year medical residency model for
teachers that builds a
pipeline of preparation and support leading to Board certification.
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.
In Jordan, I found a group of devoted school leaders who were struggling with many of the same
issues school leaders are grappling with stateside: Class sizes are large, student discipline is an
issue, the
teacher and principal
pipeline is impacting human capital, funding is tight, and inequality translates into uneven outcomes for students.
So, we wondered, should we focus on
teacher preparation and recruitment — the «supply» - side
issues most commonly linked to what was sometimes referred to as a «broken»
pipeline?