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Utah school districts can now hire teachers with no training, as long as they have a bachelor's degree and pass a background check, the Associated Press reported. The move was driven by the state's persistent teacher shortages and the recent revelation that turnover rates among new hires are extremely high. The policy is, of course, hotly disputed.
The hiring policy follows close behind a study this summer showing that Utah loses almost 40 percent of its new hires after four years of teaching.
"In 2010, 2,417 new teachers began their careers in Utah schools," the Deseret News reported in June. "Almost 400 of them didn't come back the next year. By 2014, only 58 percent of the group remained, with more than 1,000 teachers having left the profession, according to the Utah State Office of Education.
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