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Policy experts: Funding, support for teacher prep programs critical to fix shortages

January 27, 2022

Via: K-12 Dive
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The current proposals to address teacher shortages through pending legislation can help raise teacher morale even when the policy solutions can’t be enacted in the moment, Darling-Hammond said.

In California, teacher education enrollment has increased this year because the state recently passed several policy reforms such as funding boosts to teacher residency grants and service scholarships, she said.

“Teachers feel like somebody is paying attention,” Darling-Hammond said.

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