I read in Wednesday’s Salt Lake Tribune that Envision Utah wants to study Utah's teacher shortage. Do we really need another study?
A few years ago, I wrote a commentary stating that a third of the teachers in the Granite School District (and possibly in the Jordan School District, too) would be retiring by the year 2020, and Utah would be facing a huge teacher shortage. Many of those retiring have 30-plus years of teaching.
Rather than take note of these numbers, the state chose to cut teacher pensions and increase public school testing. Previously, pensions were a huge draw for incoming teachers.