Student Performance
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Teachers Wanted: A Nationwide Staffing Crisis Impacts Illinois
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The teacher shortage is a crisis unfolding at the district, state and federal levels, worsening student learning and threatening the stability of schools– with no end in sight. In Illinois, 5,300 classroom positions went unfilled in 2022, the highest percentage of unfilled positions on record. Reporting midway through the 2023-2024…
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Chasing the American Dream
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Is the growing achievement gap hampering disadvantaged kids’ ability to catch up?