teacher recruitment

A red and white billboard advertises the salary Fort Worth school teachers can earn yearly. The billboards have been placed on the Texas borders of Oklahoma and Louisiana.

Education

Fort Worth ISD is looking out of state to combat teacher shortage

Rebekah Morr

Amid a statewide teacher shortage, the Fort Worth Independent School District is ramping up efforts to recruit teachers from Oklahoma and Louisiana.

Education

Spanish speaking teachers are hard to find in the U.S. Fort Worth went looking in Mexico

Bill Zeeble

The Fort Worth Independent School District is short so many bilingual teachers that it just finished interviewing candidates from Mexico City. The district has recruited outside the states before, but not in Mexico.

A young boy pulls up his mask as a teacher wearing a clear plastic face shield smiles and helps him.

Education

COVID-19 Creates Dire Shortage Of Teachers, School Staff In The U.S.

Associated Press

The stress of teaching in the COVID-19 era has triggered a spike in retirements and resignations.