Description

Students from low-income families are more likely to have uncredentialed teachers than students from wealthier households. A teacher shares how credentialing impacts quality of teaching and classroom management, and we discuss what California and its school districts are doing to address this issue.

Guests:

Thomas Courtney, 4th and 5th grade teacher, San Diego Unified School District
Diana Lambert, Reporter, EdSource

Read more from EdSource:

• Poorer students still get the least qualified teachers, but California has made progress
• Nearly 1 out of 5 classes in California taught by underprepared teachers
• Oakland, with among lowest ratio of fully prepared, rightly assigned teachers, has a strategy to address teacher churn
• Find your school’s teacher qualifications | Database

Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.