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Schools struggle to fill teaching jobs as students return

School systems struggle to fill teaching jobs as students return to class

08/30/2022

PBS News Hour

Schools struggle to fill teaching jobs as students return

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School systems struggle to fill teaching jobs as students return to class

As students return to class, schools across the country continue to grapple with teacher and staff vacancies. The scope of the shortages, and what’s behind them, varies widely across America's nearly 14,000 school districts. Carlton Jenkins, the superintendent of Madison Metropolitan School District, joined Amna Nawaz to discuss the struggle he's facing to find and keep educators.

08/30/2022

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