Arizona’s teacher recruitment and retention crisis stretched into a seventh year, according to the most recent survey data from the Arizona School Personnel Administrators Association.  

There are many skills a school principal may need on a regular basis but vacuuming and bus driving were probably not in the curriculum at teacher’s college.

With schools striving to get back to full swing, districts across Arizona continue to struggle with a severe shortage of teachers and administrators – and it’s the students who suffer most.

Arizona continues to have a shortage of teachers for the classroom.

An average 20% boost in teacher salaries in the past four years has apparently done little to entice people into the classroom and keep experienced staffers there.

Nearly one in four teaching vacancies that school districts had this year remain unfilled four weeks into the academic year.

A new report shows that nearly 2,000 teaching positions in Arizona remain vacant four months into the school year. And 866 have quit since August or just never showed up. The survey of 172 districts and charter schools also found ...

More than 1,300 teaching positions are still unfilled four weeks into the school year according to a new report.