Alabama Strategies for National Problem of Teacher Shortages
PARCA’s new Teachers Matter report, commissioned by the Business Education Alliance, identifies Alabama-specific strategies for recruiting and retaining teachers. The report’s release comes in the midst of rising concern over a local and national shortage of teachers. As children headed back to the classroom this month, several Alabama school systems reported difficulty filling vacancies. The […]
PARCA Briefs BCA on Teacher Quality and Progress in Public Education
Alabama public schools have made substantial progress in raising high school graduation rates, but must continue to improve student performance on measures of college and career readiness. To do that, the state must sharpen its focus on the quality of public school teachers. That means recruiting talent to the profession, supporting existing teachers in a quest […]