The Department of Education’s recent report on the state of education showed the number of full-time teachers in public schools in 2020-21 was up by 455 from the previous year to 37-thousand-567.  Department analyst, Jay Pennington, says the average regular teacher salary was up 661 dollars to 58-thousand-771 in 2019-20.  School districts this year appear to be having some of the same issues in hiring teachers as other businesses.

The report showed there was a 13-point-one percent increase in the number of full-time public school teachers from the 2000-01 school year to the 2020-21 school year.