<A href=”http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2015/03/03/389282733/where-have-all-the-teachers-gone“></a>: <blockquote>“The question, and one that needs to be empirically investigated, is ‘Are we overproducing certain kinds of teachers school districts aren’t looking for and under-producing certain types of teachers that schools and other types of employers are desperately looking for?’ “

There are, of course, alternative teacher certification programs across the U.S. including Teach for America. But TFA, too, has seen large drops in enrollment over the past two years.

One possible path out of this crisis is to pay teachers more.</blockquote> Related: Graduating more teachers than required.