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What It Takes to Recruit Future Teachers During the Pandemic

ED Surge

King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. “Our sense from our members is that this has exacerbated the trend we had already been seeing of declining student interest in going into teaching,” says Jacqueline E. Why are they leaving? It’s not a tenable job.”

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‘More than a warm body’: Schools try long-term solutions to substitute teacher shortage

The Hechinger Report

Around 60 percent of large school districts surveyed by the National Council on Teacher Quality, an advocacy group, increased pay for subs during the pandemic. Last fall, in the district, nearly half of teacher absences went unfilled, compared with 26 percent in fall 2019. Credit: Terra Fondriest for The Hechinger Report.