The Wrong Solution to the Teacher Shortage Loss of new teachers plays a major role in the teacher shortage, but pouring more teachers into the system will not solve the retention problem.
Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: In recent years, researchers and policymakers have told us again and again that severe teacher shortages confront schools. They point to a dramatic increase in the demand for new teachers resulting from two converging demographic trends: increasing student enrollments and increasing numbers of teachers reaching retirement age. Shortfalls of teachers, they say, are forcing many school systems to lower their standards for teacher quality (National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 1997).
Authors: Richard M. Ingersoll, Thomas M. Smith
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W55903290