Teachers are leaving, forcing this school to cancel classes. Lowering professional qualifications does not fix shortage, educators say
It’s January, the middle of the school year, and yet tenth grader Lala Bivens is preparing for her first day at a new school. Bivens started fall classes at One City Preparatory Academy, a new charter middle and high school in Madison, Wisconsin, but on January 13 a teacher shortage forced the school to shut …