In 2015–16, 48 states plus DC reported special education teacher shortages, 42 reported mathematics shortages, and 40 reported science shortages¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? State shortage reports to the U.S. Department of Education in 2015–16 identified special education (48 states plus DC), mathematics (42 plus DC), and science (40 plus DC) as shortage fields. → Sutcher 2016

Evidence¶

Sutcher 2016¶

Sutcher, L., Darling-Hammond, L., & Carver-Thomas, D. (2016). A coming crisis in teaching? Teacher supply, demand, and shortages in the U.S. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/coming-crisis-teaching doi:10.54300/247.242

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Aggregation of states' shortage reports to the U.S. Department of Education: "48 states and the District of Columbia reported shortages in special education; 42 states plus DC did so in mathematics; and 40 states and DC reported teacher shortages in science." The AAEE survey rated all 10 special education subareas as considerable shortages.

"In the 2015–16 school year, 48 states and the District of Columbia reported shortages in special education; 42 states plus DC did so in mathematics; and 40 states and DC reported teacher shortages in science."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• More experienced teachers earned additional certificates in shortage areas (47 percent) than in nonshortage areas (25 percent), with special education the most common shortage area (27 percent) — related
• The United States faced an estimated teacher shortage of approximately 64,000 teachers in 2015–16, projected to grow to as many as 112,000 by 2018 — related
• Districts with shortages most often lack special education, mathematics, and science teachers, and most lack middle and high school teachers — related