Teachers are leaving and few people are choosing the field. Experts are sounding the alarm
Lauren Reynolds started crying when she found out her university was shuttering the early childhood and elementary education program she was in. This spring, she will be one of the last three students to graduate.
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Important and insightful read on the growing teacher shortage in the US. Goes into the causes as well as some of the actions being taken to fix it.
“While some say it's too early to know the specific impacts of the pandemic, Lynn Gangone, president and CEO of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) told CNN the numbers already show Covid-19 further dissuaded Americans from going into teaching. In fall 2020 and 2021, about 20% of institutions surveyed by AACTE reported the pandemic resulted in a decline of new undergraduate enrollment of at least 11%. Roughly 13% of institutions reported "significant" declines in the number of new graduate students. Regional state colleges and smaller private institutions -- often found in rural communities -- have seen the steepest declines.
"I don't know how bad it's going to have to get before we realize as a country that if we don't invest in education ... we will not have anyone in the classrooms to teach our children," Gangone said.”
Posted on 2022-02-08T06:35:44+0000