What can school administrators do to combat the dearth of teachers?
Included: Education World researched the topic and provides 18 solutions to the problem. This summer, especially in large cities and rural areas with pockets of poverty, school officials will puzzle over how to bring on board enough teachers for the students who will arrive come August and early September. And U.S. public schools will need an estimated 2.4 million new teachers by 2012, nearly as many as the 2.8 million currently teaching. In wealthy and middle-class suburban school districts, hiring and retaining teachers is expected to remain relatively easy, with many applicants vying for one position, but filling positions within poorer districts is expected to become more challenging than ever.
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