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The most recent efforts to combat teacher shortages don't address the real problems

  • Written by Henry Tran, Associate Professor of Education Leadership, University of South Carolina
The most recent efforts to combat teacher shortages don't address the real problemsTeachers face a range of challenges, but hiring more teachers won't fix them.AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

States have recently focused their efforts to reduce the nation’s teacher shortage by promoting strategies that “remove or relax barriers to entry” to quickly bring new people into the teaching profession.

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