Long before Covid forced states to take desperate measures to find substitutes

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Liz Willen Dear reader,

As the pandemic persists, the need to find substitute teachers feels endless. On any given day, principals are scrambling to fill vacancies at the front of the classroom. And that’s not entirely new: A critical substitute shortage existed even before Covid. The stakes are much higher now, though, and the need for permanent solutions enormous, writes Hechinger’s Neal Morton. ([link removed]) He looks at districts that are using the pandemic to try solutions to the substitute shortage, a roadmap we will need nationally for many years to come.

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** ‘More than a warm body’: Schools try long-term solutions to substitute teacher shortage ([link removed])
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Long before Covid forced states to take desperate measures to find substitutes, schools often struggled to cover teacher absences. Now, school districts want more than quick fixes
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