Ingersoll, Richard2023-05-222023-05-222002-03-012007-10-22https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/34870Few educational issues receive more attention than the need to ensure that all elementary and secondary classrooms are staffed with qualified teachers. A rash of studies, commissions and national reports announce that we are on the precipice of a severe teacher shortage. These shortfalls, we are told, are due primarily to two demographic trends - increasing student enrollment and the retirement of a graying teaching force.Policy and AdministrationArticle