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Article: Availability of special education teachers: trends and issues.
- Article from:
- Remedial and Special Education
- Article date:
- July 1, 2003
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ABSTRACT
A national shortage of fully certified special education teachers has been a persistent concern over the years. The purpose of this study was to examine teacher availability by analyzing data from the annual reports to Congress over a 10-year period. Findings indicate (a) that there is a nationwide shortage of teachers who are qualified to teach across all disabilities, including a particularly disproportionate shortage in the area of emotional and behavioral disorders, and (b) that there has been a dramatic decrease in the teacher shortage rate, beginning in the 1993-1994 year and continuing in subsequent years. Possible explanations for this decrease ...