Attracting teachers to rural schools continues to be a problem in Australian education. Debates on how to remedy staff shortages are based on a better distribution of financial and material resources. This emphasis on distribution has sidelined the role of recognition theory in understanding the challenges of rural staffing. I draw on the social…

British Columbia (BC) has experienced a significant teacher shortage for years. While every region of the province is impacted, rural and remote communities have experienced a worsening shortage especially during the pandemic. Additionally, there is a critical shortage of specialist teachers across the province. This Education Brief outlines five…

This report was developed as an outcome of a conference held in April 1983 by the Council for Basic Education. It concentrated on existing and proposed solutions to the shortages of qualified mathematics and science teachers and on technological concerns. It includes suggestions proposed by participants as well as additional recommendations made…

The shortage of teachers in vocational agriculture and the growing number of programs and students in vocational agriculture indicate the necessity of improved agricultural education recruitment programs. The major purpose of this study was to develop guidelines for teacher recruitment programs for use by university and State Departments of…

This report presents case studies of part-time teachers and how they work in Miami, Florida; Detroit, Michigan; Framingham, Massachusetts; Cedar Falls, Iowa; and Niskayuna, New York. The opening section reviews the highlights of a 1965 survey of part-time teachers in 700 school systems (ED 003 396) and summarizes important findings uncovered in…