Ed Source – Roberta Furger and David Robertson
“School districts and county offices of education are estimating they’ll need to hire just over 22,000 new teachers for the 2016-17 school year. These latest projections, part of a multi-year rebuilding of the state’s teaching force, are a good sign. They mean budgets are growing and programs are expanding after years of devastating cuts. There’s just one problem: our state is not preparing enough new teachers to meet the projected need. Even with re-entrants and an increase in out-of-state recruits, districts are experiencing shortfalls they cannot easily address.”(more)