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Thursday marked the first day of school today for students in Gary, Indiana, but not every teacher was physically in the classroom. A shortage of licensed educators has led the Gary Community School ...

WASHINGTON – Rachel Pomeroy tries to be as engaging as one can be when reviewing physics concepts with high schoolers on the eve of summer vacation. The veteran teacher projects images of an “open” ...

JACKSON — When the bell rings at Raymond High School, the Algebra I teacher doesn’t walk through the door. Instead, he appears on a screen, writing formulas in neon ink across a pane of glass miles ...

Yasemin Copur-Gencturk receives funding from the Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej Mathematics Initiative. Joseph Cimpian receives funding from the Institute of Education Sciences and the National ...

Hundreds of Jefferson Parish students will be taught math and English by virtual teachers this school year as the district uses online instructors to fill open positions. The Jefferson Parish school ...

JCPS schools use Edmentum, an online learning platform, for various purposes, including credit recovery and addressing teacher shortages. While Edmentum is presented as a solution for educational gaps ...

The pandemic worsened a longstanding shortage of qualified teachers, especially for rural states in the Rocky Mountain West. Now, some Montana schools are turning to virtual teachers to fill the gap.

TL;DR: With nearly 3,000 teaching vacancies and over half of its school districts classified as critical shortage areas, Mississippi is taking a technological leap to address its long-standing teacher ...