Teacher shortage problem: Why disrespect of the academic profession is driving educators away
By Henry Tran, Associate Professor of Education Leadership, University of South Carolina; Douglas A. Smith, Associate Professor of Education, Iowa State University States have recently focused their efforts to reduce the nation’s teacher shortage by promoting strategies that “remove or relax barriers to entry” to quickly bring new people into the teaching profession. California, for example, allows teacher candidates to skip basic skills and subject matter tests if they have taken approved college courses. New Mexico is replacing subject skills tests with a portfolio to demonstrate teaching competency. Similarly, Oklahoma eliminated the Oklahoma General Education Test as a certification...
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