Texas and Florida Are Canary in Coal Mine of Schools Run by Uncertified Teachers – truthout

“Public schools face teacher shortages. Some states are lowering qualifications as educators leave the poorly paid field.”

“…These realities — low pay, loss of status, fear of violence and increased job demands — have done two things. Teachershortages.com, a website created by Nguyen, Bleiberg, and others to track the state-by-state shortfall, estimates that this year alone, 49,000 teacher staffing positions have gone unfilled nationwide.”

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