There are now 4,000 vacant teaching positions in France, and national predictions estimate that number will climb to 25,000 in Germany by 2025 and 30,000 in Portugal by 2030.
Nearly nine out of ten public school administrators in Victoria expressed concern that they would not be able to fill all teaching positions for the following school year due to the state's severe teacher shortage.
Thousands of public school teachers will get pay increases of $7,000 to $26,000 per year, which is helping to keep some instructors from leaving the profession. Nevertheless, the Hawaii State Teachers' Association anticipates a severe shortage of educators this academic year.
Houston ISD officials said on Wednesday that they want to deploy administrative personnel who possess teaching credentials to assist in filling any remaining openings when classes begin in less than two weeks.
In the midst of a teacher shortage that affects the whole state of Missouri, some school districts are looking at implementing a four-day school week, while others have already done so.
Sarah Mitchell, the minister for education and early learning in New South Wales, has suggested ways to keep "outstanding teachers" in the state's classrooms amid a shortage of teachers all over the state.
An unsettling report on teachers and other education professionals in Texas was just published by the Texas State Teachers Association. It happens at a time when there is a critical shortage of educators throughout the nation. The study found that the majority of teachers in Texas — 70 percent — were giving serious consideration to leaving their jobs as teachers in 2022.
At a press conference, Dagmar Rosler, the president of the organization, said during a press conference that an increasing number of primary schools have been forced to rely on staff who do not possess the appropriate professional qualifications to work as teachers.