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The lawsuit comes after the county commission unexpectedly voted to delay a tax referendum that would fund teacher salaries by two years.
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Kelly Services, one of the country’s largest staffing agencies, says Florida doesn’t have enough substitute teachers headed into the new school year.
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FIUTeach at Florida International University aims to reduce the shortage of math and science teachers in Miami-Dade County and beyond — while ensuring educators are subject matter experts. WLRN goes into one of South Florida's oldest high schools to see how the program is working.
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Yvonne zum Tobel, freelance reporter for WLRN, said there are currently between 4,000 and 5,000 teacher vacancies in Florida.
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Florida universities and school districts are incentivizing college students to become teachers in the highest-need areas. In the WLRN series Role Call, we found these programs are "moving the needle, but only a very, very small amount."
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A proposed local property tax increase could generate almost $180 million that would go mainly towards increasing teacher and staff pay.
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More than 4,000 teaching positions need to be filled across Florida. In the greater Tampa Bay region, there's about 880 vacancies.
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The state also needs almost 3,500 support staff members.
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Florida teachers are leaving the state and their profession. They blame unrealistic workloads, restrictive laws and stagnant pay.
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As school districts in the area work to fill bus driver vacancies, some are experiencing a greater shortage than usual. Manatee County needs to fill about 20% of its bus driving staff. Like surrounding districts, Manatee officials hope a wage increase will attract more employees.
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This year, much more than in years past, the people charged with taking care of students are under a microscope — and it’s taking a personal, and professional toll on public education.
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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.