{"id":70565,"date":"2023-11-03T00:17:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T04:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=70565"},"modified":"2023-11-03T00:17:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T04:17:32","slug":"texas-tried-to-fix-its-teacher-shortage-by-lowering-requirements-%e2%88%92-the-result-was-more-new-teachers-but-at-lower-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/texas-tried-to-fix-its-teacher-shortage-by-lowering-requirements-%e2%88%92-the-result-was-more-new-teachers-but-at-lower-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas tried to fix its teacher shortage by lowering requirements \u2212 the result was more new teachers, but at lower salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70566\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/teacher-shortage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/teacher-shortage.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/teacher-shortage-250x125.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Facing persistent teacher shortages, Texas in 2001\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/cc.101\">reduced its student teaching requirements<\/a>\u00a0for alternative licensure programs. Our study found that these reduced teacher licensure requirements also led to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/23328584231159900\">reduced wages for all new elementary school teachers<\/a>\u00a0over the next 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, a new teacher license was obtained through university training and a series of standardized tests. The license signaled that an individual had undergone a specific kind of training and therefore that person\u2019s skills were valued at a certain level by employers. Research has found that licensed professions\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.aeaweb.org\/doi\/pdfplus\/10.1257\/jep.14.4.189\">typically restrict<\/a>\u00a0the number of new entrants, which maintains higher wages for their members and provides incentives for continual professional development.<\/p>\n<p>When Texas reduced its requirements for new teachers in 2001, it helped launch a host of new alternative teacher training programs offered by providers including online companies, for-profit colleges, universities and public school systems. Therefore, candidates seeking teacher licensure could do so faster and more easily than through traditional, university-based pathways. A decade later,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/23328584231159900\">161 separate programs<\/a>\u00a0were licensing teachers \u2013 nearly twice as many as the 88 programs that did so in 2000. By 2007, more than half of the state\u2019s new teachers \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/23328584231159900\">14,595<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 were licensed through alternative pathways rather than traditional pathways.<\/p>\n<p>In education, the theory holds that when teachers are required to take\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/econpapers.repec.org\/RePEc:eee:ecoedu:v:27:y:2008:i:5:p:483-503\">licensure exams<\/a>, and barriers to entry are raised, it results in fewer new teachers and higher wages. Our study found that when teacher licenses were less rigorous and easier to obtain, it resulted in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/23328584231159900\">more new teachers, but also lower wages for those teachers<\/a>. Our study was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/23328584231159900\">published in AERA Open<\/a>, a publication of the American Educational Research Association.<\/p>\n<p>Our study examines the base pay \u2013 adjusted for inflation \u2013 from 2000-2015 for 786,724 new teachers in approximately 1,282 districts in Texas. We found that controlling for changes in district demographics over time, after licensure requirements were relaxed, the average pay for new teachers declined annually by 2% to 13%.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Why it matters<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Texas has had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ope\/pol\/bteachershortageareasreport201718.pdf\">persistent teacher shortages<\/a>\u00a0despite the 2001 policy change, which was designed to fill open positions. The official state list of teacher shortage areas in Texas \u2013 mathematics, science, special education \u2013 did not change from 1990 to 2018.<\/p>\n<p>This indicates that the policy that lowered requirements for alternatively certified teachers did not successfully address those teacher shortages. Texas has begun to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tea.texas.gov\/texas-educators\/certification\/educator-testing\/pre-admission-content-test\">restore some requirements to get into the teaching profession<\/a>, such as higher GPAs and passing scores on teacher licensure exams. However, the state remains focused on producing new teachers rather than retaining the existing ones in an effort to staff schools.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>What\u2019s next<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>As the U.S. struggles nationwide to fill\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/school-districts-nationwide-struggling-to-fill-teaching-positions\/#:%7E:text=According%20to%20a%20recent%20survey,schools%20report%20feeling%20generally%20understaffed.\">vacant teaching positions<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 not just in elementary school but throughout K-12 systems \u2013 our study invites states to examine whether expanding licensure programs as a singular strategy is an effective strategy to fill teacher shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Policies that aim to increase the supply of teachers may have the unintended consequence of lowering teacher pay. This may perpetuate cycles of teacher shortages and turnover. Rapidly expanding the supply of new teachers may devalue each license and lower wages.<\/p>\n<p>Districts may, in turn, be trapped into successive rounds of hiring teacher replacements and offering lower salaries. The focus on producing more teachers quickly and cheaply, rather than retaining those in the field, may result in outcomes that are detrimental to the profession\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bios:<\/strong> Sarah Guthery is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership &#038; Policy Studies at the University of Oklahoma and Lauren P. Bailes is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Delaware<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facing persistent teacher shortages, Texas in 2001\u00a0reduced its student teaching requirements\u00a0for alternative licensure programs. Our study found that these reduced teacher licensure requirements also led to\u00a0reduced wages for all new elementary school teachers\u00a0over the next 20 years. Previously, a new teacher license was obtained through university training and a series of standardized tests. 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