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'Teacher shortage' stories are everywhere right now. What do staff shortages actually look like?
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Thousands of Illinois students with disabilities have to learn in a classroom without a special education teacher or with an educator who doesn’t have the right teaching license.
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“You have to have an amount of patience, and amount of character. And you got to have that balance. For some reason, it's hard to get people to do that.”
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Mark Klaisner tells us how the teacher shortage became personal for many families this year.
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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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Mark Klaisner says districts are already relying on microcredentials for teachers as well as support staff and bus drivers.
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Two classrooms sit empty as they struggle to find teachers to cover them
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The 3rd COVID-affected school year starts soon. And schools are scrambling to fill positions.
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Illinois public schools face a teacher shortage, and officials increasingly are turning to substitutes when full-time educators are unavailable. But what…
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A new report from Advance Illinois shows the statewide teacher shortage is felt most acutely in districts with many low-income students. But it's also…