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The Teacher Accelerator Program (TAP) has risen to the challenge by preparing 151 new educators for Miami-Dade County classrooms, significantly bolstering the region's efforts to address a critical need.
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More than 200 future educators will become fully certified teachers under the program.
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Florida started the year with 7,000 teacher vacancies, according to the Florida Education Association.
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There are thousands of teaching positions in Florida that still haven’t been filled despite the fact that most kids in the state went back to school this week.
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The Monroe County School District is scrambling to fill teacher vacancies before the school year starts next week. To fill gaps, the district is planning to hire "virtual teachers".
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The South Florida school district has found one more way to fill many vacant positions going into the school year: hiring from the Philippines.
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Florida students began returning to classrooms this week amid a teacher and support-staff shortage, with some counties still advertising positions and exploring "creative options" to fill vacancies.
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Florida’s new restrictions on discussions of race, diversity, and LGBTQ issues in classrooms have some teachers and school districts worried that partisan politics are seeping over into schools. Critics of those new policies say they’re contributing to a massive increase in teacher vacancies.
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Out of 4,489 current teacher vacancies, 1,321 are in teaching jobs that deal with students who have special needs.
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Teachers face pressure from COVID, politicians, and parents. What’s it like being a teacher today?
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Thousands of teachers are calling in sick as Omicron infections continue to surge. We speak with the president of the Broward teacher’s union. Also, a new Guardian report shows that FPL is working to gain more money from solar energy in Florida. Plus, a group of FIU students are suing the school to get money back for services they didn’t get during the pandemic.
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Thousands of teachers are calling in sick as Omicron infections continue to surge. We speak with the president of the Broward teacher’s union. Also, a new Guardian report shows that FPL is working to gain more money from solar energy in Florida. Plus, a group of FIU students are suing the school to get money back for services they didn’t get during the pandemic.