California makes gains in teacher quality, study finds

12-15-2009

By Carolyn Ji Jong Goosen/New America Media

California teachers are better prepared than ever, and the number of under-qualified teachers has diminished sharply, according to a recent report from The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning. Since 2000, the number of under-prepared teachers in California has dropped from 42,000 (20 percent of the teaching workforce) to less than 11,000, just under 4 percent of California’s teacher workforce of 360,000. “For the past decade and longer, California has had a deep emphasis on improving teacher content knowledge, and [the report] shows that this knowledge and strategy has taken a hold,” said Margaret Gaston, executive director of the Center, a Santa Cruz-based organization. (more...)

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