Teacher Shortages Are Improving—With Two Big Exceptions

This Education Next article on teacher staffing challenges in Washington features data from a newly released CALDER working paper on the postpandemic teacher labor market in WA by Dan Goldhaber, Grace Falken, and Roddy Theobald. The bottom line: while teacher staffing challenges are improving in Washington, high-need subject areas like STEM and special education continue to suffer from shortages. Read the full article to learn more.