Nearly 9 in 10 schools struggle to hire qualified educators. A whopping 86% of districts had trouble filling their open positions for the 2023-24 school year. Special ed, science, and foreign language positions are the most likely to go unfilled, and in high-poverty areas, the numbers are even worse. Source: USA Today.

Research found that Arizona ranked the lowest with 43.8 teacher per 1,000 students. Utah, California, Nevada and Florida join Arizona at the bottom of the list. Scholaroo analyzed the...

Having excellent teachers is vital to the success of each student. With the current teacher shortage, this can be very challenging. One solution is to grow your own. Missouri school districts are developing their own teacher pipeline.

Educator shortages started before COVID-19 but were exacerbated by the pandemic. Shortages span many categories of school staff. Here are 4 graphs to explain what’s happening. Solving educator shortages requires evidence-based, long-term strategies that address both recruitment and retention.

Scholaroo has examined the latest data, revealing the ratio of teachers to students in public schools in each state to better understand the teacher shortage in the U.S. and to illustrate the deficit on a state-by-state basis.