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Mar 19, 2024 · Florida has the highest demand for teachers, while Utah has the lowest. The shortages vary greatly among states, districts, and schools.
- Janet Loehrke
- Graphics Journalist
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Mar 23, 2023 · There are more teachers now than before the pandemic, so why did almost half of U.S. schools still have teacher vacancies weeks into this school year? Here's what to know.
Based on national data of teacher employment levels, as well as reports from communities across the country, there continue to be critical shortages of both teachers relative to pre-pandemic levels and teachers fully certified to teach in their content area.
- Is There Truly A Teacher Shortage?
- Why Are There Shortages of Teachers?
- Which States Have The Worst Teacher Shortages Right Now?
- How Are Teacher Shortages Affecting Students?
There is no nationalteacher shortage. Many classrooms have all the educators they need and in some cases never had vacancies to begin with. Yet shortages in many others persist. Staffing levels can vary significantly by state, district, school, subject and grade level. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has been regularly surveying...
Myriad reasons: low pay and morale, mounting political and academic pressures, health and safety concerns. A generation of teachers hitting or nearing retirement and another generation of prospective teachers deterred by the profession’s flailing reputationand the sacrifices it necessitates. “We all know that our educators work very hard, and it’s ...
It’s hard to say definitively. States don’t collect all the necessary data in a consistent, comprehensive or timely manner. One recent working paperanalyzed available data and found that vacancies were particularly pronounced in Florida, Illinois and Arizona. If national labor figures are any indication, teacher turnover has remained relatively sta...
Shortages tend to be worse in low-income areas. Fifty-seven percent of high-poverty schools that participated in the October School Pulse Panel reported at least one teaching vacancy, including well over a third with multiple openings. The same was true for 41% of low-poverty schools, less than a quarter of which reported multiple vacancies. Simila...
- Alia Wong
- Education Reporter
Dec 21, 2023 · What Will Teacher Shortages Look Like in 2024 and Beyond? A Researcher Weighs In. By Madeline Will — December 21, 2023 6 min read. iStock/Getty. For the past couple years, schools across the...
- mwill@educationweek.org
- Assistant Managing Editor
Dec 14, 2022 · Here are just a few of the longstanding problems plaguing American education: a generalized decline in literacy; the faltering international performance of American students; an inability to...
Mar 11, 2024 · Teacher shortages: 86% of public schools struggle to hire educators. How teacher salaries compare. As of last fall, K-12 teachers in the U.S. earned an average $68,000 annually. That’s 8% less...
