Advertisement

Kansas substitute teacher shortage made worse by pandemic

04:53
Download Audio
Resume
Serle McNeil is a substitute teacher in Andover, Kan. The Andover district hired a team of full-time subs who are deployed daily to fill in for absent teachers. (Suzanne Perez/Kansas News Service)
Serle McNeil is a substitute teacher in Andover, Kan. The Andover district hired a team of full-time subs who are deployed daily to fill in for absent teachers. (Suzanne Perez/Kansas News Service)

Schools across Kansas, and in much of the U.S., can't find enough substitute teachers in the midst of the lingering COVID-19 pandemic.

There were already chronic staffing shortages pre-pandemic, as teachers are leaving the profession and fewer young people are filling the gaps.

Suzanne Perez of Kansas News Service reports.

This segment aired on November 4, 2021.

Advertisement

More from Here & Now

Listen Live
Close