Jan 18, 2022, 2:35 PM
(from the 74 Million) Just because school districts have more job openings than normal, that does not mean they’re facing the same labor challenges across the board. When researchers Dan Goldhaber and Trevor Gratz scraped Washington school websites this fall to look at what type of positions school districts were looking to fill, they found that districts had more total job openings for para-educators and athletic coaches than they did for classroom teachers. And among teachers, the researchers found that districts were facing disproportionately large challenges in filling special education, English learner and STEM jobs. This data suggests the solutions to hiring shortages must be targeted.
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