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Where are all the substitute teachers?

  • Written by Suzanne McLeod, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageSubstitute teachers, like this one in Indiana in 2020, are in short supply during the pandemic.AP Photo/Michael Conroy

As a result of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, many school districts across the country are finding themselves short of teachers, who are quitting, getting sick or even dying.

Some schools have even called on parents to step...

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