{"id":15598,"date":"2025-03-03T18:19:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=15598"},"modified":"2025-03-03T19:58:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:58:58","slug":"irg-response-to-dpi-report-massive-teacher-turnover-shows-failure-of-status-quo-urgent-need-for-teacher-apprenticeships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=15598","title":{"rendered":"IRG Response to DPI Report: Massive Teacher Turnover Shows Failure of Status Quo, Urgent Need for Teacher Apprenticeships"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Delafield, Wis.<\/b> \u2013 A new <\/span>report<\/span><\/a> released on Monday from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) shows <\/span>nearly one in five of Wisconsin public school teachers quit before their third year teaching.<\/b> Such severe turnover causing Wisconsin\u2019s teacher shortage crisis calls for innovative reform, not more of the same.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cSchools are begging for great educators. Throwing money at the same old solutions continues to fail. State leaders must step up and innovate instead of overspending on already failing programs,\u201d <\/span>said CJ Szafir, IRG CEO. <\/b>\u201c46 other states have the solution. It\u2019s time Wisconsin embraces teacher apprenticeships to increase classroom experience, lower student debt, and solve the teacher shortage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

WHY IT MATTERS:<\/b> Teacher apprenticeships have become popular among both parties in Wisconsin and nationally. Representative William Penterman <\/span>introduced<\/span><\/a> a forward-thinking bill that received unanimous support from Republican legislators in <\/span>2024, making it to Governor Tony Evers\u2019 desk. Governor Evers vetoed that proposal, but <\/span>began<\/span><\/a> a teacher apprenticeship pilot later that year. Presently limited to a small number of schools, teacher apprenticeships <\/span>would expand<\/span><\/a> statewide in Gov. Evers\u2019 2025 budget proposal. A small bipartisan investment in the biennial budget would put high-quality, more-experienced teachers in the schools that need them most.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Institute for Reforming Government <\/span>led<\/span><\/a> on researching how teacher apprenticeships could help Wisconsin in May 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

WHAT ARE TEACHER APPRENTICESHIPS?<\/b><\/p>\n