It is that time of year when I hit the road to meet with fellow education leaders to hear what is working, what is not working and how we can …
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Yes. They are. A recent article in the Sac Bee showed that California teachers are moving to Texas in large numbers. From 2003 to 2016 over 18,000 teachers moved out …
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If you want to send the right message that education is truly a priority in your city then lead the charge for teacher recruitment. That is exactly what Mayor Levar …
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The Wall Street Journal gets into reporting on Teacher Shortages due to a decrease in educator preparation enrollment but calls it “lowering the bar” when it is actually improving the …
Read MoreThree new papers out from the Learning Policy Institute on teacher shortages. Nothing really new – but some solid hard data on what is happening. During the 2015-16 school year, …
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It’s the start of the school year for students everywhere but schools still have vacant positions and are still hiring teachers. Let’s take a quick trip around the country where …
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Schools just started in Texas and to be honest we are still scrambling to complete the paperwork at Texas Teachers of Tomorrow to get well over 7,000 teachers placed this …
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Everywhere I go I am asked why people are no longer going into teaching. The statistics are indeed stark – a 42% drop in two years in Ohio, a 70% …
Read MoreBeen a crazy week for teacher shortages in the US. A summary of the articles that came out in the last few days are below: New York – used to …
Read MoreTeacher hiring around the country is coming up very short this year. Just today we hear about the following teacher shortages from around the nation: South Dakota -in spite of …
Read MoreWhen teacher shortages hit, people push for teacher residencies as the best alternative teacher preparation. The programs pair a new teacher to work along side a veteran for the full year. The new teachers …
Read MoreLast month, the Utah State School Board approved a new alternative teaching certification route that allowed people with a degree to begin teaching quickly. Their training and support would come …
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