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Both the Florida Department of Education and Florida Education Association find teacher vacancies are down across the state this year.

Across the nation, school districts are experiencing teacher shortages, and South Florida is no exception. But new and veteran teachers in Miami-Dade County Public Schools who were back in the classrooms this week told WLRN why they are still passionate and hopeful about their profession.

Kelly Services, one of the country’s largest staffing agencies, says Florida doesn’t have enough substitute teachers headed into the new school year.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Monday his commitment to raise state funds for teacher salaries to $1.25 billion, an increase of almost a quarter-billion dollars. Public education advocates said that won't alleviate the teacher shortage.

At A.D. Henderson School in Boca Raton, teachers there are expected to be creative, and it works. They’ve created classes that teach medicine, aeronautics and robotics. Art is used to reinforce science lessons, and a teacher plans to add an equine medicine course next fall.

In her nearly two decades in the classroom, Melissa Abril-Dotel has worked to make sure her students are seen, heard and celebrated. Now she gets to share that philosophy across Miami-Dade County.

Four finalists are vying for the top title. Tuesday's awards ceremony is the culmination of a months-long process and it’s a moment some teachers have been working towards for years.

Puerto Rico, the nation's sixth-largest school district, is in crisis. It's both uniquely vulnerable to natural disasters and unusually ill-equipped to help children recover from them.

Some videos downplay slavery, question whether humans really cause climate change, and insert opinions into what otherwise appears to be educational content for children.

Across the U.S., teachers are quitting. This year more than a third of K-12 teachers who responded to a Merrimack College Teacher Survey say they’re planning to quit within the next two years.

Teachers and administrators, already facing long hours and low pay, now find themselves under pressure from politicians, parents and even their own school districts.

Eligible educators include K-12 teachers, principals, teachers' aides or counselors who spend more than 900 hours at the school during the academic year.