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ERIC Number: ED661236
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Apr-25
Pages: 31
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Moving Up: Promising Strategies to Address Teacher Shortages in Arkansas
TNTP
In 2021, TNTP published "Missing Out: Arkansas' Teacher Shortage and How to Fix It," describing teacher shortages in Arkansas, programs the state had in place to address shortages, and the extent to which teachers and potential teachers were aware of and interested in these programs. Since that report was published, Arkansas has sustained existing and created new programs to address teacher shortages, implementing the recommendations the authors identified in "Missing Out" as well as additional policies included in the Literacy, Empowerment, Accountability, Readiness, Networking, and School Safety (LEARNS) Act, signed in March of 2023. In this paper, the authors highlight the promising statewide initiatives that Arkansas has undertaken in recent years to strengthen its teacher pipeline. While it will take time to see the full impact of these new initiatives, the state's supportive licensure pathways and competitive financial value proposition for teachers position Arkansas as a state to learn from, and one that has gone from "Missing Out" to "Moving Up" in the recruitment and retention of effective teachers.
TNTP. 186 Joralemon Street Suite 300, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Tel: 718-233-2800; Fax: 718-643-9202; e-mail: info@tntp.org; Web site: http://www.tntp.org
Related Records: ED612403
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: TNTP
Identifiers - Location: Arkansas
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