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Arizona public schools struggle to fill teaching positions as leaders brainstorm school staffing solutions

By Analisa Valdez, Cronkite News//February 20, 2024//[read_meter]

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Arizona public schools struggle to fill teaching positions as leaders brainstorm school staffing solutions

The annual Strategic School Staffing Summit, run by Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College earlier this month, highlighted a collection of potential solutions to teacher staffing issues across the state. In this 2022 file photo, students work with a teacher at Encanto Elementary School in Phoenix. (File photo by Sophie Oppfelt/Cronkite News)

Arizona public schools struggle to fill teaching positions as leaders brainstorm school staffing solutions

By Analisa Valdez, Cronkite News//February 20, 2024//[read_meter]

Public school educators say they are some of the most underpaid and overworked employees in the country.  In 2023, Educators for Excellence polled thousands of teachers about their experiences and workloads and...

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