567,000 fewer educators work in public schools in the US today than did before the pandemic, according to the National Education Association. How does it feel to be a teacher in an understaffed school? All Hands on Deck: Teaching in an Educator Shortage explores how educators in LaSalle, Marshall, and Putnam counties like educators across the state are dealing with the compounded challenges of COVID19 and a national teacher shortage.

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