Every year, as August slouches toward September, public schools around the country resume classes--and bemoan the difficulty of finding enough teachers: The New York Times proclaimed "Teacher Shortages Spur a Nationwide Hiring Scramble," reporting that one North Carolina district was unable to fill 200 open teaching jobs The Las Vegas Sun noted that the shortage of teachers is particularly acute in schools located in impoverished districts, with one Las Vegas school this year doubling its number of unfilled positions A school superintendent in Kansas reported that he has "never had a harder time filling positions than this year" This perennial problem is worth examining further. The first...
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