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Podolsky, Anne; Kini, Tara; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Bishop, Joseph – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
A highly competent teacher workforce is a necessary foundation for improving children's educational outcomes, especially for those who rely most on schools for their success. Yet in the United States, shortages in the teaching force have been growing across the country, reaching crisis proportions in some teaching fields--such as mathematics,…
Descriptors: Teacher Selection, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Effectiveness, Faculty Development
Podolsky, Anne; Kini, Tara; Bishop, Joseph; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
To ensure that schools enjoy a steady supply of competent and committed teachers, federal, state, and local policymakers should look to the extensive research literature in this area, focusing on five strategies in particular: strengthening teacher preparation, improving hiring practices, increasing compensation, providing support for new…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Selection, Teacher Salaries
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Darling-Hammond, Linda; Bastian, Kevin C.; Berry, Barnett; Carver-Thomas, Desiree; Kini, Tara; Levin, Stephanie; McDiarmid, G. Williamson – Learning Policy Institute, 2022
This brief summarizes a 2019 study of educator supply, demand, and quality in North Carolina conducted by the Learning Policy Institute in collaboration with the Education Policy Initiative at Carolina and WestEd. That study supported the state's ongoing efforts to meet the standard set in the North Carolina Supreme Court's decision in…
Descriptors: Teacher Supply and Demand, Elementary Secondary Education, Court Litigation, Educational Quality
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Podolsky, Anne; Kini, Tara; Bishop, Joseph; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2016
A highly competent teacher workforce is a necessary foundation for improving children's educational outcomes, especially for those who rely most on schools for their success. Yet in the United States, shortages in the teaching force have been growing across the country, reaching crisis proportions in some teaching fields--such as mathematics,…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility
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Podolsky, Anne; Kini, Tara; Bishop, Joseph; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2016
One of the most pressing issues facing policymakers is how to staff classrooms with a stable teaching force responsive to complex student needs and the growing demands of the knowledge economy. Recurrent teacher shortages are a function of both declines in entrants to teaching and high rates of teacher attrition, especially in low-income schools.…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility
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Espinoza, Daniel; Saunders, Ryan; Kini, Tara; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2018
Across the country, districts and schools are struggling to meet the growing demand for qualified teachers. Indeed, there are some subjects--such as mathematics, science, and special education--in which nearly every state is experiencing a teacher shortage. As a result, states often turn to underqualified teachers to fill the vacuum, a problematic…
Descriptors: State Action, Teacher Shortage, Teaching (Occupation), Scholarships