What Teacher Shortage?
It may be puzzling to read stories like thisabout teacher shortages after a year that saw Californiaschool districts lay off thousands of teachers. Somecritics have mockedthis talk of teacher shortages. And there's reason to be skeptical about predictions of teacher shortages, since for years there was talk about California facing a prospective shortage of 100,000 new teachers right about now.
So is the teacher shortage talk just total bunk? Not exactly. California does face, right now, shortages in certain kinds of teachers. Highly qualified teachers who graduated in the top third of their class are in short supply. So are teachers with the skill to teach math, science an
