Unprecedented.
Thats the word Janet Eckerson uses to describe the current K-12 teacher shortage in Nebraska.
According to the Nebraska Department of Educations annual Teacher Vacancy Survey, more than 900 positions across the state were either vacant or filled by personnel who werent fully qualified last fall. And that survey only included 310 of the states 436 school districts/systems.
“Literally every type of teaching certification is now considered a shortage area in the state of Nebraska, all fields, and we dont anticipate this problem going away anytime soon,” said Eckerson, an assistant professor of Spanish at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. “Its not a demographic blip. This is a problem that were going to continue to face for years down the road.”
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