Tag: teacher shortage

Portrait of smiling male teacher in a class at elementary school looking at camera with learning students on background

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 28, 2025
Charter Schools, Private School, Teaching

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Teacher Recruitment and Retention Must Keep Pace with Charter and Private School Demand

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 28, 2025
Charter Schools, Private School, Teaching

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U.S. Senator Tim Scott recently introduced the High-Quality Charter Schools Act, which would help increase the supply of charter schools, providing more parents with access to educational options outside their residentially assigned district public school. Read More ›

Tired upset mature gray-haired Asian, business woman, manager or teacher, takes a break from online work, massages her head with her hand, has a headache, sits at the table, took off glasses,need rest

^{Keri D. Ingraham, Erik Twist, & Lauren Grudem
June 7, 2023
Educational Leadership, Teaching

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School Leaders Can Mitigate the Teacher Hiring Crisis

_{Keri D. Ingraham, Erik Twist, & Lauren Grudem
June 7, 2023
Educational Leadership, Teaching

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The teacher-hiring crisis is far from over. High teacher-turnover rates are outpacing the sharp decline in student enrollment numbers in K-12 public schools. Read More ›

Teaching dumb students. Teacher mature man. Fed up. Man desperate teacher in classroom. No hope for better. Tired and exhausted. Difficult work. Emotional burnout. Teacher give up. Hate his job

^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 18, 2022
Unions

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Teachers’ Unions’ Blame Game

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 18, 2022
Unions

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American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten was instrumental in keeping kids locked out of in-person schooling as she mercilessly pushed the union’s self-serving political agenda. Now she uses the dire situation she helped create as the excuse for the teacher-shortage crisis. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
June 10, 2022
Education Policy, Teaching

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Rethinking Teacher Pay to Recruit Subject Matter Experts

_{Keri D. Ingraham
June 10, 2022
Education Policy, Teaching

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Subject matter expertise is particularly valuable for teachers in technical subjects such as science and math. Unfortunately, these technical subjects are also where teacher shortages are greatest. Read More ›

Boy student having a video call with his classmates

^{Keri Ingraham and Christos Makridis
April 5, 2022
Education Policy, Unions

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The Deterioration of K-12 Education in America

_{Keri Ingraham and Christos Makridis
April 5, 2022
Education Policy, Unions

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Recruiting and retaining excellent teachers is hindered by a system that rewards tenure instead of performance. Despite the extreme measures of teachers’ unions to promote teacher working conditions and compensation, research reveals that right-to-work laws positively improve worker well-being. Read More ›

Young girl with concerned look in eyes stands in front of row of school buses wearing a mask to protect her from pandemic while riding Public transportation

^{Keri D. Ingraham
December 10, 2021
Unions

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Dealing With the School Staff Shortage

_{Keri D. Ingraham
December 10, 2021
Unions

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The school staff shortages and well-being crisis of both teachers and students can be traced to the leftwing priorities and policies of the teacher unions and politicians who run these cities. Read More ›

Washington State Ferry Olympic Mountains Edmonds

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 2, 2021
Education Policy

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Misguided Mandate Will Cost Washington State

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 2, 2021
Education Policy

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Get vaccinated or get fired. This was the ultimatum issued by Washington State Governor Jay Inslee in August that took effect on October 18, impacting thousands of the state’s public servants and community heroes — doctors, nurses, firefighters, police officers, schoolteachers, and beyond. Read More ›

Change of job, unemployment, resigned concept.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 12, 2021
Education Policy, Indoctrination

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It’s Not Only Students Taking Flight From Public Schools

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 12, 2021
Education Policy, Indoctrination

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Over one and a half million students fled public K-12 schools this fall. The sharp decline in student enrollment has not been the only blow to public schools. Employee shortages in schools abound in all 50 states. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
September 15, 2021
Education Policy, Teaching

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Rethinking Teacher Certification to Employ K–12 Adjunct Teachers

_{Keri D. Ingraham
September 15, 2021
Education Policy, Teaching

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Current teacher certification laws create a rigid and deficient process for selecting and employing teachers. Reforming teacher certification laws would provide districts with more flexibility in how they hire teachers, including employing adjunct teachers for K–12 classrooms. Read More ›

Smart professor ansqwering question of one of his students by blackboard

^{Keri D. Ingraham
February 25, 2021
Education Policy, Teaching

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A Fix to Teacher Shortages: The K-12 Adjunct Teacher

_{Keri D. Ingraham
February 25, 2021
Education Policy, Teaching

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What would happen if K-12 public education followed the example of colleges and universities and leveraged the benefits of adjunct teachers within their classrooms? Read More ›