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Many school districts are struggling with teacher shortages, especially in rural areas. A recent study in California explored why.
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Courtney Marx has taught transitional kindergarten at the Mount Shasta Union School District in California for two years.
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Meanwhile, substitute teachers across Oregon say districts haven't paid them for time they spent taking mandatory training.
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As California moves to require dyslexia screening in public schools, experts say teachers need to embrace the “science of reading” approach that emphasizes phonics.
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In some Oregon districts, teacher recruiting efforts start early – often when future teachers are still in high school.
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The new salary scale makes Baker among the best paying districts in a state where the average starting salary is $39,000, according to the Oregon Education Association. The move is making waves as the Legislature mulls a statewide salary floor.
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California has had a surge in new teacher credentials in recent years, a reversal of the downward trend of the previous 10 years, but the teacher shortage isn't over quite yet.
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This school year the California transitional kindergarten program began expanding to eventually include all 4-year-olds. But amidst a teacher shortage, some school districts had to move teachers already on staff or lure staff away from preschool programs.
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A program at Western Oregon University is designed to create new opportunities for diverse teachers in Oregon and to get them back into local classrooms.
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Officials in California are trying a range of approaches to deal with the state's teacher shortage.
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After a rough couple of years, we asked teachers to tell us how they are doing. Their answers were revealing.
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Some teachers have left because of the challenges of teaching during a pandemic, while others were fearful they would contract Covid-19 and some were offered higher-paying jobs. Many just burned out.
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California’s schools are struggling to staff up — despite billions in state money flowing to school districts to remedy teacher shortages. Grants have helped but, educators say, they aren’t enough.
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Oregon schools have been hiring substitute teachers to help fill staff shortages due to COVID-19.