Michigan’s teacher shortage is further hurting students who live in poverty.
A two year-study by EdTrust-Midwest reveals students who are the most underserved are taught by more inexperienced teachers, teachers with temporary credentials, or beginning teachers. Director of Policy Jen DeNeal told us more.
“More than almost 17% of teachers in the highest poverty school districts in Michigan were teaching outside their areas of expertise, which is twice the state average,” DeNeal said. “And students in these school districts with the highest concentrations of poverty were 16 times more likely to learn from a teacher with temporary or emergency credentials than their peers in Michigan’s wealthiest school districts.”
Teacher turnover in the state is worse than the national average, and far higher for students living in concentrated poverty.
