Grow Your Own program graduates remain in teaching longer than typical beginning teachers and teach in high-need schools at high rates¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Graduates of the national Pathways to Teaching Careers Program stayed in teaching longer than typical beginning teachers and taught in high-need urban and rural schools at a very high rate. → Espinoza 2018 q2 i? California's paraprofessional training program grew a diverse workforce: 65% of participants were people of color and bilingual, and 92% of 1,708 graduates remained California public school employees. → Espinoza 2018 (2)

Evidence¶

Espinoza 2018¶

Espinoza, D., Saunders, R., Kini, T., & Darling-Hammond, L. (2018). Taking the long view: State efforts to solve teacher shortages by strengthening the profession. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/long-view

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The report attributes to an Urban Institute analysis of the Pathways to Teaching Careers Program that graduates "remained in teaching longer than the typical beginning teacher" and taught in high-need urban and rural schools at a very high rate. No effect size is printed.

"A report from The Urban Institute found that graduates from a national GYO program, The Pathways to Teaching Careers Program, remained in teaching longer than the typical beginning teacher and taught in high-need urban and rural schools at a very high rate."

Espinoza 2018 (2)¶

Espinoza, D., Saunders, R., Kini, T., & Darling-Hammond, L. (2018). Taking the long view: State efforts to solve teacher shortages by strengthening the profession. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/long-view

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The report describes California's School Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program (1995–2011): "65% of the program's participants were people of color and bilingual," and by year 13, 92% of 1,708 graduates remained California public school employees. Descriptive program data.

"65% of the program’s participants were people of color and bilingual. By its 13th year of operation, sponsors reported that of the 1,708 program graduates, 92% had remained California public school employees."

Discussion¶

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