As schools nationwide grapple with a teacher shortage, Chicago Public Schools officials say they are set to at least maintain last year’s staffing levels when the district’s 300,000-plus students return Monday, but they’re falling short in hiring for newly created positions meant to help kids recover from the pandemic.
Entering his second year at the helm of the nation’s third-largest public school system, CEO Pedro Martinez has declared this a “recovery year” for students, going so far this week as predicting it would be “our strongest year ever” with a marked focus on academics.
