Teacher shortages across the country are creating an opening for subs

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With schools across the country struggling amid a shortage of teachers, historically-underappreciated substitute teachers are having their day in the sun, The New York Times reports.

As years of "low pay, high stress, and challenging working conditions," now exacerbated by COVID-19, push teachers to leave or retire early, temporary instructors have come in to pick up the slack, the Times writes. That said, those same substitutes now find themselves on the "beneficial side of the demand-supply equation," warranting higher wages and steady work.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.