Stay-at-Homes

Everybody talked about the teacher shortage, but almost nobody did anything about it. Last week the National Education Association made the shortage at least seem more real by hurling a startling figure: for want of teachers, 61,750 U.S. children (mostly rural) who ought to be in school are staying home this year.

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