Teacher Shortage Is Nationwide

(from the Washington Post) Every state is dealing with shortages of teachers in key subject areas at the start of the 2017-18 academic year, according to data compiled by the U.S. Education Department. Subjects impacted include (but are not limited to) math, the traditional sciences, foreign language and special education, as well as reading and English language arts, history, art, music, elementary education, middle school education, career and technical education, health and computer science.

Finding substitutes is taxing some districts, too. A Washington news station found that schools in the region are suffering an “acute shortage of substitute teachers,” with full-time teachers “sacrificing planning periods, grading sessions and staff meetings to cover vacant classes of colleagues.” Even administrators are pitching in, the report said.

Full story at the Washington Post.

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