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Where Have All the Teachers Gone?
Public school districts that handed out pink slips during the Great Recession are now struggling with a shortage of classroom teachers—despite the Recovery. The number of college students enrolled to be trained for teaching dropped by 30% between 2010 and 2014. What’s in store for what’s often called America’s most important profession?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenSchool districts around the country are facing a shortage of teachers just as classes are about to begin. The changing economy, low pay and disputes about education reform are some of the reasons. What will it take to improve the prospects for a profession that’s vital to prosperity and democracy?
Also, hackers expose sensitive information about users of the infidelity website Ashley Madison. Plus, will offering amnesty to drug users who agree to treatment help curtail a heroin epidemic that’s spreading across the country?
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3 storiesHackers Expose Data of Cheating Website Users
Hackers have made good on a threat to post sensitive information about users of the website Ashley Madison—a social networking site for infidelity. Thirty-two million people could be affected. Kim Zetter is senior writer for Wired and author of Countdown to Zero Day.
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As the new school year gets under way all over the country, the New York Times is reporting “a stark about-face from just a few years ago.” School districts that were handing out pink slips are now scrambling to hire teachers—and many are having trouble staffing their classrooms.
Read the story34 minPolice Grant Amnesty to Heroin Addicts Seeking Help
The so-called War on Drugs has turned into an endless struggle, crowding prisons with addicts who resume their habits when they’re back on the street. An epidemic of deaths from overdoses of heroin has led to a dramatic strategic change.
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