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NIU was her final stop on a five-month tour of the state’s public colleges and universities. She says the trip was about hearing from students and trying to address the teacher shortage.
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Here's how a lack of substitutes makes staffing so much more challenging, especially during the pandemic.
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NIU is a part of the state’s new Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity and offers full-tuition scholarships.
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Ninety-three percent of schools said they have a problem finding substitutes to fill in when teachers are unavailable. There was a shortage before the…
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Morelia Garcia was helping an afterschool program at her high school when the principal walked by. He started asking her the sorts of questions everyone…
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The Illinois State Board of Education released an interactive report showing how teacher preparation programs across the state are performing.The Illinois…
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Illinois has had a shortage of teachers for years now, and that extends to substitutes. But, during the pandemic, that pool of subs has dwindled even…
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Illinois is in the middle of a severe teacher shortage, which also extends to substitute teachers. That problem has gotten much worse during the…
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It’s feared COVID-19 will make the current lack of teachers in Illinois even worse. That’s because some older and at-risk teachers are hesitant to come…
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Last October, the State Board of Education showed nearly 2,000 unfilled teaching jobs and nearly 5,000 total education positions. Bob Sondgeroth is the…