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Tuesday, August 22, 2023
The U.S Teacher Shortage 2023: A State by State Breakdown
This is a worsening crisis. This teacher shortage in Texas and nationally will most definitely show up in a number of unfortunate ways. Book banning, organized chaos by far-right organizations at school board meetings, defunding public education, not improving teachers' salaries, together with charter, voucher and privatization schemes—and limiting what and how teachers teach—poison the well of what could and should be a rewarding profession. Of course, manufacturing this discontent is the intention of the privatizers which is why parents and communities must mobilize in support of their teachers and education, generally.
To understand the teacher shortage on a national scale, Scholaroo ventures to discover the most recent data showing the number of teachers in public schools in each state compared to the number of students enrolled in public schools. Post date10 August 2023
At the heart of our society lies the invaluable teaching profession – entrusted with nurturing the educational journey of our youngest generation. Yet, a concerning trend has emerged: the growing shortage of educators in the United States. As the demand for this vital role increases year after year, addressing this pressing issue has become more imperative than ever.
Scholaroo has examined the latest data, revealing the ratio of teachers to students in public schools in each state to better understand the teacher shortage in the U.S. and to illustrate the deficit on a state-by-state basis. On the other hand, the report also uncover the subject areas with the highest shortages across the country.
U.S. Teacher-to-Students Enrolled in Public Schools Ratio
*All data for the subject areas with shortages by state are from 2023. Except for the states of California, Oregon, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Alabama, Delaware, Maine, and Vermont which the most current data is from 2022. No data are available for New Hampshire.
Methodology
In order to analyze the teacher shortage in the U.S, Scholaroo´s data team gathered information from official public data available that displays the number of teachers and students enrolled in public schools in each state.
The shortage area information is also an official public data (2022 - 2023) and reflects the total subject area shortages and the subject areas with shortage across the country.
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