Teachers

Teachers and their advocates suggest several reasons for the shortage, and a new study from a progressive group backs up at least one of them.

Frustration and burnout are two of the reasons many teachers are planning to leave the profession. A study concludes two major factors matter when it comes to predicting how long a new teacher will stay on the job. We’ll find out what they are and what can be done to keep teachers on the job.

Frustration and burnout are two of the reasons many teachers are planning to leave the profession. A study concludes two major factors matter when it comes to predicting how long a new teacher will stay on the job. We’ll find out what they are and what can be done to keep teachers on the job.

The Ohio House has scheduled a vote to let school districts set their own training requirements for employees they choose to arm. The measure aims to undo the effect of an Ohio Supreme Court ruling earlier this year, which held that under current law armed school workers would need hundreds of hours of training.

The full Ohio House will vote on a Republican-backed bill that would allow teachers and staff to carry guns in school with the eight hours of training they receive with their concealed carry permit, and not more thorough training as currently required by law.

Even before the pandemic, demand for teachers exceeded supply in the nation’s public schools by more than 100,000. We look at what’s keeping would-be teachers out of the classroom and causing current educators to consider leaving the profession.

Even before the pandemic, demand for teachers exceeded supply in the nation’s public schools by more than 100,000. We look at what’s keeping would-be teachers out of the classroom and causing current educators to consider leaving the profession.

Even before the pandemic, demand for teachers exceeded supply in the nation’s public schools by more than 100,000. We look at what’s keeping would-be teachers out of the classroom and causing current educators to consider leaving the profession.

Substitute teachers have been a scarce resource in Central Ohio for years, and the pandemic just worsened the understaffing. Some districts have been…

Michelle Karim teaches math at Beachwood Middle School in Cuyahoga County. Under the school’s hybrid model, she’s scrambling to keep pace with past years.…