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Andrea Ruppar; Katie McCabe; Bonnie Doren; Melinda Leko – Journal of Education Human Resources, 2024
Long-standing shortages of well-prepared special educators, especially within rural areas, have jeopardized positive outcomes for students with disabilities. In this multiple case study of administrators and special educators, the authors examined how individuals make sense of the special education teacher shortages in relation to the challenges…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Special Education Teachers, Rural Schools, Case Studies
Carl, Bradley; Seelig, Jenny – Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2023
A large share of Wisconsin's 400+ school districts are rural, and nearly half of all students enrolled in public schools statewide attend rural schools. Persistent challenges faced by rural districts in attracting and retaining educators, however, are contributing to an increasingly dire situation for the state's rural communities. This report…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Rural Schools, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Recruitment
Jean Marie Hoffmann – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Considering the enrollment decline in university teacher preparation programs, this phenomenological study explored the experiences of seven southeastern Wisconsin public high school juniors and seniors, who were interested in a pursuing a teaching degree, but have changed their minds and dismissed their original career path. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Teacher Education Programs, Age Groups, High School Students
Jordan R. Sinz – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this post-positivist, mixed methods study was to accurately quantify the teacher staffing trends in public education, especially for rural schooling and to learn how these trends impacted school districts specifically using Wisconsin schools as a case study. In the early 2000's, school districts throughout the nation experienced…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Public Schools, School Districts, Educational Trends
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Cramer, Gregory J.; Ryan, Dana – New Educator, 2023
This article documents a collaborative effort between university teacher educators and an urban school district in Wisconsin to address acute teacher shortages in bilingual education. The effort took shape as a Grow-Your-Own program based on the teacher residency model. Several innovations were required in program design and implementation to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Educators, College School Cooperation, Urban Schools
Nixon, Jessie; Halverson, Erica; Stoiber, Andy – Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2021
The Exploring Making Through Mobile Emergent Technologies (EMMET) program sought to disrupt the trajectory from rural high school to factory floor by introducing STEM and computational thinking (STEM+C) skills through mentorship training and hands-on activities involving creative production--often referred to as "making." The program…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education