teacher shortage

A new report shows Missouri's teacher retention slightly improved after the pandemic drove more educators out of the field, but is still at record highs.

Department of Secondary and Elementary Education officials said the data signals a turning point in a teacher shortage the state has struggled to address in recent years.

In Missouri, the number of districts routinely getting three-day weekends has more than doubled since the pandemic hit. However, parents and researchers have concerns about this trend.

Six months after Columbia Public Schools chose a new company to provide substitute teachers, the full-time teachers say the system isn’t working.Kathy…