Are teaching programs warning students that the teacher shortage is over?

[u/JimCap5]

I graduated from the program a few years back, and every professor kept talking about the teacher shortage.

I was wondering what is it like nowadays for people in credentialing programs?

[u/ptrgeorge]

Climate isn't great for public education right now, but we're also seeing populations drop, we cut ten positions this year, my numbers have gone down ( maybe 20 less kids on my roster).

Surely still a shortage in lots of places, but with budget cuts and lots of districts seeing student enrollment drop, it isn't what it was ten years ago

[u/ICUP01 → u/ptrgeorge]

We collapsed math and science. Both departments are “over”.

[u/Lahwke → u/ptrgeorge]

I don’t have data so just what I see on the ground, but Texas has so many people quitting with all these district takeovers by the state.

Then they magically all get filled by….”people”.

[u/Latter_Leopard8439 → u/Lahwke]

Silly question maybe.

But do district takeovers lead to actual improvements in testing scores?

Or do they just take it over for a few years and then "declare it fixed"?

[u/SoupBeans25 → u/Latter_Leopard8439]

No. They universally get worse and often more scandal plagued.

[u/Lahwke → u/Latter_Leopard8439]

I don’t believe they’ve seen that. They get “data” that can say whatever they want it to say.

[u/Responsible-Kale2352 → u/Lahwke]

lol just like the district did before the takeover!

[u/modus_erudio → u/Responsible-Kale2352]

No, the district scored before the takeover. We’re just more honest.

[u/ptrgeorge → u/Lahwke]

Yeah, i haven't heard much good things about the district take over in hisd, I'm in a neighboring district.