Delaware, like the rest of the country, faces a challenge to ensure a high-quality, diverse K-12 workforce that meets the needs of its schools and students. TeachDE was launched in 2017 to identify the challenges Delaware faces in strengthening its teacher pipeline and to develop creative recommendations to address those challenges. TeachDE's…

This paper is a proposal to address current and future shortages of quality teachers and teacher retention in all areas, but especially those critical need areas such as secondary math and science, and Special Education and World Language in all grades. It further provides a solution to recruit and retain a quality teacher workforce that is more…

This brief is the first in a series of reports examining the teacher shortage dilemma. It considers what the research says about teacher shortages and highlights recent state task force findings. Designed to guide state leaders in policy decisions, the briefs that follow examine five strategies states are using to address shortages: (1)…