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Download full textSutcher, Leib; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Carver-Thomas, Desiree – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
This paper reviews the sources of and potential solutions to teacher shortages in the United States. It describes the sources of current and projected increases in teacher demand relative to enrollments, shifts in pupil-teacher ratios, and attrition. It places these in relation to recent declines in teacher supply and evaluates evidence of…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Teacher Supply and Demand, Enrollment, Teacher Student Ratio
California's Positive Outliers: Districts Beating the Odds. Research Brief. Positive Outliers Series
Podolsky, Anne; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Doss, Christopher; Reardon, Sean – Learning Policy Institute, 2019
Despite wide achievement gaps across California between students from different racial and socioeconomic backgrounds, some school districts have excelled at supporting the learning of all their students. This analysis identifies these positive outlier districts--those in which students of color, as well as White students, consistently achieve at…
Descriptors: School Districts, Minority Group Students, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
Podolsky, Anne; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Doss, Christopher; Reardon, Sean – Learning Policy Institute, 2019
The explosion of knowledge and the growing complexity of modern life are changing expectations for what young people need to learn and be able to do. Success in the 21st century does not depend solely on what people know, but also on what they can do with what they know. In this report, the authors summarize the results of a quantitative analysis…
Descriptors: School Districts, Minority Group Students, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
Darling-Hammond, Linda; Sutcher, Leib; Carver-Thomas, Desiree – Learning Policy Institute, 2018
Teacher shortages have been worsening in California since 2015. Growth in teacher demand as the economy has improved has collided with steep declines in the supply of new teachers, leading to significant increases in the hiring of underprepared teachers, especially in districts serving high-need students. Shortages are most severe in special…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Teacher Supply and Demand, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Competencies
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
