With omicron on the decline, even administrators in states where support for COVID protections have been the highest are now asking for more local control over COVID policy.
Some 55% of educators polled said that they were ready to leave "the profession they love earlier than planned," according to the latest National Education Association member survey.
Beginning Monday, thousands of students in the Millville, N.J., school district will go home early. Faced with a severe teacher shortage, the district plans to operate on a shortened school day.
K-12 leaders grappling with teacher and staff shortages are receiving unprecedented assistance from elected leaders on both sides of the political divide and various sectors of their communities.
