EPIC IN THE NEWS
MSU report examines Michigan’s teacher pipeline ‘leaks’
DATE: June 28, 2023
New research from Michigan State University’s Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, or EPIC, examines how the pool of prospective Michigan teachers changes as candidates move through the preparation pipeline from K-12 education into the workforce. The report highlights ways that Michigan loses potential teachers even before they enter the workforce, which represent “leaks” in the pipeline.
The report examines students’ course enrollment decisions throughout their time in college and finds that students who completed their education in more recent years were less likely to have taken any teacher education courses. About 15.1% of Michigan high school graduates who started college in 2010-11 took an education course by 2014-15, while only 12.7% of those who started college in 2017-18 took an education course by 2021-22. Of the students who took an initial teacher education course, 77% continued with more advanced courses in this area but only about a quarter became student teachers.
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