Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1920 — HIGH SCHOOLS SHORT 26,000 FOR THEIR STAFF [ARTICLE]

HIGH SCHOOLS SHORT 26,000 FOR THEIR STAFF

Washington, D. Q., June 16.— Twenty-six thousand teachers are needed to fill vacancies in high schools opening in September, according. to the federal bureau of education. The estimate is based on 7,088 replies to questionnaires sent out by the bureau. The total number , of high school teachers needed will be 98,775. More than one-fourth of those who taught last year do not intend to teach during the coming year, it was found. Replies received from colleges show 10,620 graduates of this year plan to teach. The shortage must be filled in two days, the bureau says: “First, by recalling former teachers, and, second, placing teachers with less training than that of college graduates in charge of high school classes.” /