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Teacher shortage in America hits crisis levels
The Washington Post reported Wednesday (August 4), the teacher shortage in America has hit crisis levels, and school officials are scrambling to ensure that there will be enough teachers.
Due to lack of staff, the report said, rural school districts in Texas are switching to four-day weeks this fall and veterans with no teaching background in Florida are asked to enter classrooms.
"I have never seen it this bad," Dan Domenech, executive director of the School Superintendents Association, said of the teacher shortage. "Right now it's number one on the list of issues that are concerning school districts."
It’s hard to know exactly how many US classrooms are short of teachers for the 2022-2023 school year; no national database accurately tracks the issue.
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But state and district level reports have emerged across the country detailing staffing shortfalls that range from hundreds to thousands – and remain wide open as summer quickly draws to a close.
“The political situation in the United States, combined with the legitimate aftermath of covid, has created this shortage,” said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. “This shortage is artificial.”
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