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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaeed0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points Cur rent teacher talent pipelines arc deicient to meet students' anad schools' aced s ari de ma ads. P eforrming teacher certification laws to aiiow and eapower iidividuals from diverse baakgnJid with diferent wJk x pervince and cornmniray ties-to enter the teacher workforce can help address teacher shortages. SGivino mceal school leader the autonomy to Ue, train, anr certify ther own teachers puts ;ovr at the local eael an allows aders to drive their ownv worlorce needs. Having access to an excellent teacher is one of the most important factors for student achievement. We know the person standing in the front of the room plays a significant role in a child's education, However, access to excellent teachers-this cru- cial talent resource---is in increasingly H ited sup- ply,. A few key reasons explain vhy the teacher labor pool has not kept tip with the current need. First, not as many college students are choosing the tra- ditional route to teaching as they did. in prior gen- erations K-ta schools that are mandated by out- dated laws to draw primarily from thiQs ingle talcn: pool increasingly report shortages when it comes to Filling all available positions.i Second, most teacher-preparation programs are still producing educators for standardized, one- size-fits-all settings, even as more states lcan into conservative ideals that honor individual students' learning styles and unique schooling models. This limits the number of educators who are prepared to each in creative settings, such as hylrid, micro- school, project-based learning, and personalized instrutional mrfodels. Thrr, and perhaps most trobiing, are the calls from national teachers unions to double do'wr on these bureaucratic, governnent- mandated teacher- preparation models and certification requirements that have significantly contributed to today's chal- lenges. Many public charter schools arc exemt from restrictions such as having to hire traditionally cer- tified teachers, anEd they have numrous approaches to staffing and -aining for success. However, this flexdbility is iot universally avaiable, leaving school districts buried under the weight of union- driven certification rcquirenients. Although these challenges are often framed as a problem for public schools, few solutions or calls

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