{"id":157657,"date":"2024-01-11T09:42:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T14:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtadministration.com\/?p=157657"},"modified":"2024-01-11T10:51:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T15:51:37","slug":"emergency-hired-teachers-do-just-as-aell-as-those-who-go-through-normal-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtadministration.com\/emergency-hired-teachers-do-just-as-aell-as-those-who-go-through-normal-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency-hired teachers do just as well as those who go through normal training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like other first-year teachers, those granted emergency credentials were disproportionately assigned to work with children with disabilities, English learners and low-income students. And, in fact, they had more such children in their classrooms. Even so, their students saw\u00a0about the same rate of growth<\/a>\u00a0in math and reading as children taught by regularly licensed educators.<\/p>\n

When the Boston University team asked principals and administrators why they hired emergency-certified teachers, they reported using them to fill shortage areas, especially in special education.<\/p>\n

The teachers working under these licenses also helped diversify the state\u2019s classrooms, as they were about twice as likely as other beginning educators to be Black, Hispanic or Asian.<\/p>\n

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