The lightbulb went on when the wife of a Fayette County Public Schools bus driver was overheard saying her husband had long aspired to become a substitute teacher.
National reporting suggests that teacher burnout is high, with resignations up particularly in districts offering both remote and in-person instruction.
A majority of teachers who taught online or hybrid reported working an additional 900 hours—or 37.5 days—since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, a survey has found.
