At a meeting earlier this month, the Utah State Board of Education discussed concerns that too many teachers in the state are unlicensed. A 2016 change by the board allowed Utah schools to hire people without licenses to overcome a shortage of teachers in Utah. One member of the board even raised concerns that students were put at risk because of the unlicensed teachers in the classroom.
Fortunately, there’s a wealth of research on licensing laws similar to those that Utah did away with in 2016…
Read the full op-ed as it was published by The Deseret News.
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