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BLR: Arkansas has more teachers but they are less experienced; DESE highlights residencies and incentives
Summary
A Bureau of Legislative Research report shows teacher counts rising while experience and certification measures have weakened; attrition rose to about 21% in 2021. DESE officials pointed to residency programs, targeted scholarships and a new statewide recruitment effort as multi-year fixes.
The Senate Education Committee on April 5 heard a Bureau of Legislative Research presentation showing Arkansas’s teacher workforce has grown in recent years even as average years of experience declined and attrition rose.
“My name is Adrienne Beck with the Bureau of Legislative Research,” said Beck as she walked members through five-year trends. The BLR data show the percentage of inexperienced teachers (those in their first three years) nearly doubled in 2021 and attrition increased from about 18% to about 21% in 2021,…
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