More teachers wanted.Increased student enrollment and elevated teacher turnover are contributing to a teacher shortage in the U.S., according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report by Education Commission of the States The Education Commission of the States (ECS) was founded as a result of the creation of the Compact for Education, supported by all 50 states and approved by Congress in 1965. The original idea of establishing an interstate compact on education and creating an operational arm to follow up . Over the next decade, 2.2 million teachers will be needed, exceeding the annual production of new teachers. And schools in high-poverty urban and rural districts will require more than 700,000 new teachers in the same time period. Poor working conditions are discouraging dis·cour·age tr.v. dis·cour·aged, dis·cour·ag·ing, dis·cour·ag·es 1. To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit. 2. To hamper by discouraging; deter. 3. potential teachers from choosing the profession. Only 17 states offer incentives for hard-to-staff schools. |
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