LA Unified Hired 1,700 Teachers Without Full Credentials This School Year

LA Unified Hired 1,700 Teachers Without Full Credentials This School Year
Hollywood High Special Education teacher Shirley Woods conducts class remotely in Los Angeles on Sept. 8, 2020. Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images
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LOS ANGELES—More than three-quarters of the teachers hired by the Los Angeles Unified District (LAUSD) this school year were not fully credentialed, according to a quarterly report by the LAUSD Board of Education.

The LAUSD hired 2,336 new teachers during the 2021–22 school year, among whom only 607 teachers, or 26 percent, were fully credentialed by the state to teach, the district reported during a March 29 Board of Education meeting.