Professor: U.S. faces teacher crisis

Source: upi.com Posted By: JohnW 5426 days ago

U.S. schools need to look beyond the pool of recent college graduates
to replace retiring teachers, a Texas A&M professor says.

In the next few years, the country will see an unprecedented wave of retirements since half the teachers and school administrators are older than 50, John Hoyle, who has been involved in education for more than half a century, said. He said about half of new teachers also get out within five years, partly because of "high-stakes testing and accountability requirements."

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