State's teacher supply plummets

12-14-2010

By Louis Freedberg/California Watch

The number of Californians seeking to become teachers has plummeted by 45 percent over a seven year period – even as student enrollments are projected to rise by 230,000 over the next decade and as many as 100,000 teachers are expected to retire. Teaching is clearly becoming a less and less desirable profession for Californians. The number of students enrolled in teacher preparation programs has declined from 77,705 in 2001-02 to 42,245 in 2008-09, according to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Those dismal figures are paralleled by an ever smaller number of teachers getting their teaching credentials in California – from 24,149 in 2004-05 to 17,797 in 2008-09, the last year for which figures are available. A report issued today by the Center for Future of Teaching and Learning warned about the brewing crisis: (more…)

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