Wanted: New American Teachers (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

School time is coming again for millions of American students. For some, it’s already here. In many schools there will be well-known and loved teachers ready to dive in. At others, administrators are still racing, even now, to find bodies to put at the front of the class. Teacher shortage is not a wall-to-wall national phenomenon. But there is a patchwork of teacher shortage hotspots across the country that has schools scrambling. Making late hires. Tinkering with training requirements, standards. This hour On Point: teacher shortages around the country. Where they are. Why they are./Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
https://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/08/11/teacher-supply-back-to-school-education-reform