The Wrong Solution to the Teacher Shortage.

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In recent years, researchers and policymakers have told us again and again that severe teacher shortages confront schools. They point to a dramatic increase in the demand for new teachers resulting from two converging demographic trends: increasing student enrollments and increasing numbers of teachers reaching retirement age. Shortfalls of teachers, they say, are forcing many school systems to lower their standards for teacher quality (National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 1997). Comments Copyright © 2003 by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Reprinted by Permission. The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development is a worldwide community of educators advocating sound policies and sharing best practices to achieve the success of each learner. To learn more, visit ASCD at www.ascd.org. Reprinted from Educational Leadership, Volume 60, Issue 8, May 2003, pages 30-33. This journal article is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/gse_pubs/126