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Friday, March 20, 2015
How online learning can fix the broken teacher labor market - Mallory Dwinal, Clayton Christensen Institute
As the link between teacher quality and student performance becomes increasingly apparent, education leaders have invested significant time and energy into recruiting high-quality educators. Unfortunately, chronic teacher shortages have undercut these efforts, and many school leaders continue to struggle with staffing each year. A closer examination reveals the causes and characteristics of these teacher shortages, as well as the promise online learning holds in resolving the most challenging teacher vacancies.
http://www.christenseninstitute.org/publications/solving-the-nations-teacher-shortage/