Uptick In Teacher College Enrollment
Missouri colleges and universities have reported an uptick in teacher college enrollment. Paul Katnik (rhymes with catnip), an assistant state education commissioner, says more than 11-thousand students enrolled in teacher preparation programs in the 2020-21 academic year. That number is lower than the 12,500 students enrolled in 2011 but it is about a 25-percent increased compared to five years ago…
The data shows the number of Missouri teacher college graduates has remained steady in recent years, around 36-hundred.