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Teacher Staffing Challenges Persist, Leaving Behind Thousands of Students

By CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 1/25/21

Although Mayor de Blasio hopes to resume in-person instruction five days a week at all schools currently offering blended-learning, Teacher shortages present a roadblock–and Department of Education officials refused to say how many more educators were needed to overcome it during a Jan. 20 City Council hearing.

Of the 878 elementary, pre-K and 3K schools that have been open since December, 247 had in-person classes five days a week for all students, while another 259 schools offered full-time in-person lessons for the majority of students, according to the DOE.

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