School Staffing

Innovative staffing models and other strategies for attracting and retaining talented educators

Report

In Demand: The Real Teacher Shortages and How to Solve Them

Authored bySandi Jacobs, Lynn Olson

Post-pandemic teacher supply and demand trends and strategic solutions to shortages

Report

Teaching Innovation: New School Staffing Strategies Inspired by the Pandemic

Authored byLynn Olson

School staffing strategies that developed during the pandemic, the conditions that enabled them, and how educators overcame barriers to the innovations

Commentary

Tackling Teacher Shortages With Targeted Strategies

Authored byThomas Toch

Smart responses to teacher shortages

Report

Right From the Start: D.C.’s Groundbreaking Teacher Hiring Strategy

Authored byLynn Olson

A model teacher-hiring system

From the Field

Q&A: Gershenson on Why a Diverse Teaching Force Matters and How We Can Get There

The positive impact that Black teachers can have on Black students

Commentary

A New Strategy to Solve the Substitute Teacher Crisis

Authored byMatthew A. Kraft, Grace T. Falken, Phyllis W. Jordan

Using financial incentives to draw substitutes to underserved schools

Teacher Salaries & Rent Prices

15

Cities where a one-bedroom rental is unaffordable for a new teacher with a bachelor's degree
9

Cities where a one-bedroom rental is unaffordable for a new teacher with a master's degree

Source: NCTQ

Principal Stress During the Pandemic

83%

Principals who reported frequent job-related stress last school year (2020-21)
59%

Principals who cited supporting teachers’ mental health as a main source of stress

Source: Learn Together Surveys

Underqualified Teachers

163,650

Underqualified teachers currently employed in schools 2022
109,000

Underqualified teachers employed in 2017

Source: The Annenberg Institute at Brown University EdWorkingPapers

Staffing Shortages

53%

Public schools reporting feeling understaffed entering the school year
65%

Understaffed schools reporting special education vacancies

Source: 2022 School Pulse Panel

From the Field

Research Notes: How Giving Principals More Autonomy Impacts Learning

Authored byKristian Thymianos

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From the Field

The Obstacles to a More Diverse Teacher Workforce

Authored byJill Barshay

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Report

Teachers Like Us: Strategies for Increasing Educator Diversity

Authored byLynn Olson

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From the Field

Research Notes: Evaluating the Impact of Teach for America: Two New Studies

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan, Benito Aranda-Comer

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From the Field

Research Notes: The Rise and Fall of the Teaching Profession

Authored byNathalie Kirsch

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From the Field

Webinar: Solving the Teacher Shortage Challenge

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Commentary

A New Strategy to Solve the Substitute Teacher Crisis

Authored byMatthew A. Kraft, Grace T. Falken, Phyllis W. Jordan

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From the Field

Research Notes: Rethinking Principal Effects on Student Outcomes

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From the Field

Second Time’s the Charm? Repeat Student-Teacher Matches

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From the Field

Does Teacher Professional Development Improve Student Learning?

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From the Field

Getting Tough? The Effects of Discretionary Principal Discipline on Student Outcomes

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From the Field

Two Years Later: How COVID-19 has Shaped the Teacher Workforce

Authored byNathan Kriha

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The latest leadership changes in the education sector

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