Behind the Headline: Colleges Overproducing Elementary Teachers, Data Find

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College Overproducing Elementary Teachers, Data Find
Ed Week| 1/23/13

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Is There a Qualified Teacher Shortage?
Education Next | Spring 2006

In Ed Week, Stephen Sawchuk reports on the mismatch between the number of elementary school teachers being trained by state teacher prep programs and the number of elementary school teaching jobs. He also looks at arguments about why it matters. Michael Podgursky debunked the idea of a shortage of qualified teachers at the elementary school level in the Spring 2006 issue of Ed Next.

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