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The Illinois Education Association released the results of its annual “State of Education” survey. Peter Medlin has more on what Illinois residents had to say.
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Is there a teacher shortage in Illinois? Which school positions are hard to staff? Did a ton of teachers leave the field during the pandemic? WNIJ's Peter Medlin spoke with Robin Steans of Advance Illinois – a nonpartisan education policy organization -- about their new report “The State of Our Educator Pipeline 2023” that set out to answer those questions and more.
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The 3rd COVID-affected school year starts soon. And schools are scrambling to fill positions.
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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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On a new episode of Teachers' Lounge: Lynne Ravas. She’s a recently retired English teacher who taught across the country. Lynne also has family --…
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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…