'A learner of learners': Staving off the "deprofessionalization' of Oklahoma's teachers
StateImpact Oklahoma
English - January 12, 2023 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.52 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPolitics News news npr oklahoma radio stateimpact kgou local impact kosu state Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Oklahoma’s teacher shortage led to a record-breaking 3,780 emergency teaching certifications issued in 2022. From 2001-2018, Oklahoma’s enrollment in university education programs dropped by 80%.
As the state's schools struggle to fill classrooms with teachers holding standard teaching certificates, provisionally certified teachers have had to step in to fill the gap. But do students lose out when hiring traditionally certified teachers becomes a luxury this teacher-strapped state can’t afford?