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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There isn’t a shortage. There are enough certified teachers to work but they are choosing not to. Of course, the school districts don’t care about why teachers leave. [/quote]

This is false. Less people are majoring in education. There is data to support it. [/quote]

Teachers don't typically major in education--they major in a subject (e.g., literature, biology, math, history) and then get their licenses through an education program.  This is required in VA.  Only in the past couple years have undergraduate education programs even been allowed (the state did this to address the teacher shortage which is definitely real).  But in VA you don't major in education, you major in whatever your academic subject  is and enroll in an education licensure program.[/quote]

Not true for elementary education. That is its own major and has been.[/quote]

Correct. All teachers I know in ES majored in Elementary Education. [/quote]
Not all states allow this. It was either a minor or added endorsement when I was in college [/quote]

Well VA does and has since forever, and this is the VA Schools forum sooooo......[/quote]

Most teachers I know did not go to college in Virginia sooooo...[/quote]

Huh, that’s interesting.  Nearly every single one of my middle schooler’s teachers were JMU grads.  Some of the counselors, too.[/quote]

The majority of FCPS teachers have graduated from Virginia public colleges.[/quote]

Where are you getting your data?[/quote]

There was a report on this a few years back (when VA was first considering offering an undergraduate elementary degree).  Don't know how to locate it now.  Probably somewhere on the SCHEV site.[/quote]

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