Colleges Overproducing Elementary Teachers, Data Find
Though universities' economics departments preach the gospel of supply and demand, that principle is not always followed when it comes...
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Clarification:
A quote from Kim Walters-Parker of the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board has been updated to read: "If we overproduce teachers, and they're working as paraprofessionals making a lower wage, earning less money, less likely to repay student loans or pay taxes, we're not getting our investment back."
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