Feb 9, 2022, 6:59 PM
(From CNN) As schools scramble to find enough substitute teachers to keep classrooms running through the latest surge of the coronavirus, some experts warn there are longer-term problems with the teacher pipeline. For one, fewer people are going into teaching, according to the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). About 20% of institutions surveyed by AACTE saw a decline of new undergraduate enrollment in teaching programs in 2020 and 2021, and roughly 13% of institutions reported "significant" declines in the number of new graduate students. Regional state colleges and smaller private institutions have seen the steepest declines.
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