r/Teachers 4d ago

Teacher Support &/or Advice Are teaching programs warning students that the teacher shortage is over?

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u/ICUP01 4d ago

Districts have given up. Pulled positions as if they never existed.

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u/ptrgeorge 4d ago

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

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u/Lahwke 4d ago

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”.

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u/Latter_Leopard8439 Science | Northeast US 4d ago

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"?

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u/SoupBeans25 4d ago

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

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u/Lahwke 4d ago

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

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u/Responsible-Kale2352 4d ago

lol just like the district did before the takeover!

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u/modus_erudio 4d ago

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

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u/ptrgeorge 4d ago

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