Thousands of US Educators Quit Amid Soaring Numbers of Illegal Immigrant and Special Needs Students

Lack of support and low pay continue driving America’s teacher exodus out of public classrooms.
Thousands of US Educators Quit Amid Soaring Numbers of Illegal Immigrant and Special Needs Students
Students attend class at Sidney High School in Sidney, Ohio, on Oct. 31, 2019. Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images
Autumn Spredemann
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America’s education crisis is approaching another crossroads this year. Between January and July, more than a quarter of a million teachers and support staff called it quits amid heavier workloads and growing class sizes.

Complicating this is the growing number of illegal immigrant and special-needs students entering U.S. classrooms.

Autumn Spredemann
Autumn Spredemann
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Autumn is a South America-based reporter covering primarily Latin American issues for The Epoch Times.
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