The latest research indicates that 51 percent of all schools in the country are experiencing shortages in their teaching staff. The problem not only appears in the United States but in many Western Industrialized Countries.
The greatest shortages are in Special Education, Science, Math, Technology, (STEM), English as a Second Language (ESL).
The greatest shortages are in low-paid teacher states, rural areas, low-performing or high-minority schools.
My latest book, Who Will Teach The Children? Recruiting, Retaining & Refreshing Highly Effective Educators proposes solutions to ease teacher shortages.
Then question that needs to be addressed is how do school systems produce high performing graduates without having highly effective educators in the classrooms and front offices.