NEW YORK, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Today, nearly 300,000 fewer people are working in K-12 schools across the United States than before the pandemic, a fact that the government and its officials have turned a blind eye to, report USA Today on Monday.
"It's nearly impossible to turn on the television without hearing the words 'educator shortage'," said the report. "It's a concern that educators, parents and advocates have raised for years, and two years of a global pandemic has exacerbated the problem."
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