More teachers less qualified in high-poverty schools (Chicago Sun-Times)

A new report released yesterday from the Washington-based Education Trust shows that many teachers in highly-impacted schools are less-qualified and do not possess the adequate certification to teach core subjects.

Chicago Sun-Times:

Kids in the neediest schools are about twice as likely as those in low-poverty and low-minority schools to have math teachers who don't know their subject very well, according to a report Tuesday by the Education Trust.

The study looked at teachers in grades seven to 12 without an academic major or certification in the subjects they teach. Among the findings:

• • In high-poverty schools, two in five math classes have teachers without a college major or certification in math.

• • In schools with a greater share of African-American and Latino children, nearly one in three math classes is taught by such a teacher.

Click here for the press release from the Education Trust.

Click here for the full report.

Isn't it interesting though that we do have teachers who are fully-certified and highly-qualified out there to teach these core subjects--it's just that these school systems refuse to hire them.

E.C. :)