{"id":83252,"date":"2022-10-09T15:40:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T19:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=83252"},"modified":"2022-10-10T11:58:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T15:58:06","slug":"to-fight-teacher-shortages-some-states-are-looking-to-community-colleges-to-train-a-new-generation-of-educators-retka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/10\/09\/to-fight-teacher-shortages-some-states-are-looking-to-community-colleges-to-train-a-new-generation-of-educators-retka\/","title":{"rendered":"To fight teacher shortages, some states are looking to community colleges to train a new generation of educators [Retka]"},"content":{"rendered":"

To fight teacher shortages, some states are looking to community colleges to train a new generation of educators<\/strong><\/a> — from hechingerreport.org by Janelle Retka
\nIn Washington and a handful of other states, would-be teachers can now earn their degrees from community colleges, part of an effort to help diversify the profession<\/em><\/p>\n

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Community college-based teaching programs like this are rare, but growing. They can dramatically cut the cost and raise the convenience of earning a teaching degree, while making a job in education accessible to a wider diversity of people.<\/p>\n

In Washington, nine community colleges offer education degrees. Nationally, Community College Baccalaureate Association data indicates just six other states \u2014 Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Nevada and New Mexico \u2014 offer baccalaureate degrees related to K-12 education. (Two other states, Texas and Wyoming, offer early childhood education degrees.)<\/p>\n

The expansion comes at a good time: Teacher shortages have worsened in the past decade, and fewer undergraduates are going into teacher training programs.<\/p>\n

Addendum on 10\/10\/22:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n