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Download full textCarver-Thomas, Desiree – Equity Assistance Center Region II, Intercultural Development Research Association, 2017
Recruiting and retaining a diverse teacher workforce that includes teachers of color is crucial as teachers of color bring distinctive experiences and perspectives that support the learning of all students. However, faced with a national teacher shortage, schools across the country are struggling to hire a workforce of qualified educators that…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Minority Group Teachers, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence
Peer reviewedCarver-Thomas, Desiree; Kini, Tara; Burns, Dion – Learning Policy Institute, 2020
Teacher shortages that most severely affect schools serving the least advantaged children have been part of the California education landscape for the last half decade. This brief describes how key teacher supply and demand factors vary across the state, and it provides potential policy solutions to mitigate ongoing shortages. The brief also…
Descriptors: Teacher Supply and Demand, Teacher Shortage, Educational Policy, COVID-19
Carver-Thomas, Desiree; Kini, Tara; Burns, Dion – Learning Policy Institute, 2020
When California students returned to school in fall 2019, hundreds of thousands returned to classrooms staffed by substitutes and teachers who were not fully prepared to teach. In recent years, California has experienced widespread shortages of elementary and secondary teachers as districts and schools seek to restore class sizes and course…
Descriptors: Teacher Supply and Demand, Teacher Shortage, Educational Policy, COVID-19
Carver-Thomas, Desiree – Equity Assistance Center Region II, Intercultural Development Research Association, 2017
This paper examines the current state of teachers of color in the workforce, the factors that affect the recruitment, hiring, and retention of teachers of color, and opportunities for growing a stable workforce of teachers of color. The first section of this paper, The Current State of Teachers of Color in the United States, includes a description…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Minority Group Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys
Sutcher, Leib; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Carver-Thomas, Desiree – Learning Policy Institute, 2016
Recent media reports of teacher shortages across the country are confirmed by the analysis of several national datasets reported in this brief. Shortages are particularly severe in special education, mathematics, science, and bilingual/English learner education, and in locations with lower wages and poorer working conditions. Shortages are…
Descriptors: Teacher Supply and Demand, Teacher Shortage, Intellectual Disciplines, Minority Group Teachers
Sutcher, Leib; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Carver-Thomas, Desiree – Learning Policy Institute, 2016
Widespread media reports of local teacher shortages have become a hot topic in education since the summer of 2015. To date, there has not yet been a detailed national analysis of the sources and extent of teacher shortages, or a prognosis for the future. This report details the outcomes of such a study, which analyzes evidence of teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Supply and Demand, Teacher Shortage, Intellectual Disciplines, Minority Group Teachers
