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Local Licensure and Teacher Shortage: Policy Analysis and Implications

Sarah Guthery,
Kathryn Dixon

We use frame analysis to analyze the first iteration of the Texas District of Innovation policy, which allows districts to take exemption from state education requirements mandating the hiring of a state certified teacher. We analyzed 451 district policies and find the plans use very similar, and sometimes identical, language to frame both the problem of teacher shortage and their proposed solutions, even though the districts may be geographically and demographically different. The districts most often propose two solutions to the certified teacher shortage, 1) flexibility and 2) local control over teacher certification decisions, including hiring unlicensed teachers and locally certified teachers.

Keywords
Teacher Licensure, Educator Labor Markets, Grow Your Own
Education level
K-12 Education
Topics
Policy, Politics, and Governance
Tags
Teacher hiring and retention,
School districts,
Neighborhoods
Download 07/2024
Document Object Identifier (DOI)
10.26300/0sdf-fm09
EdWorkingPaper suggested citation:
Guthery, Sarah, and Kathryn Dixon. (). Local Licensure and Teacher Shortage: Policy Analysis and Implications. (EdWorkingPaper: -993). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/0sdf-fm09

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