Today, Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, Jr. announced Florida schools have 4,776 total teacher vacancies to begin the year, compared to 5,208 vacancies at the start of last school year. This is an 8% decline in teacher vacancies for the first day of school for the 2023-24 school year compared to the 2022-23 school year.
A Florida program to recruit military veterans without college degrees to help backfill the state’s growing teacher shortage has helped hire 10 applicants so far.
A program Governor Ron DeSantis introduced over the summer to make it easier for veterans to become teachers has landed with a thud after six months, according to a new report.