The public is divided on the severity of teacher shortages: 51% call it either a crisis (16%) or a serious problem but not a crisis (35%). Nearly as many, 47%, call it either not a serious problem (31%) or not a problem at all (16%).
Digging deeper into PDKPoll 2023 results
THE QUESTION As far as you are aware, how big a problem are teacher shortages in your community’s public schools?
NOTE: The survey was produced by Langer Research Associates for PDK International, with data collected June 16-25, 2023, in English and Spanish, among a representative, random national sample of 1,002 adults.
