The Illinois teacher shortage, which has been worsened by the COVID pandemic, will likely grow in the next 2 years, a study says.
"As a teacher, you are always trying to meet the needs of your students and the needs are greater than ever before, so a lot of teachers are feeing inadequate," said Donna Schawn, who teaches at Maine South High School.
While a teacher shortage has been on the horizon for years, COVID has made the problem worse. The Illinois Association of Superintendents of Schools survey found close to 90% of the state's school districts are facing a teacher shortage. RELATED: Substitute teacher shortage has Chicago Public Schools principals getting creative to cover classes
"I think those can be relaxed tomorrow and right there you can open up a pool of candidates that can help immediately," he said."We have to grow our own, we have to have pipelines that start in our schools, we have to have experiences for our students," he said.
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